Turkish gov’t cuts disability benefit for blind journalist serving prison sentence
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who was jailed in July 2017 over alleged links to the Gülen movement, sent a letter through his...
Turkish daily claims pressure on advertising has caused financial problems
The Turkish Karar daily announced in its Monday edition that businesspeople and advertising agencies have been urged not to place ads in the newspaper,...
Gülen movement confirms botched plot against jailed followers in Turkey on election night
The Alliance for Shared Values (AfSV), the official representative of the Gülen movement in the United States, in an online statement on Sunday, confirmed...
France contradicts Turkey’s Erdoğan on Khashoggi tapes
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Monday said that France was not in possession of recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist...
Female student who ‘insulted’ Atatürk arrested by Turkish court
A 21-year-old female university student who was detained for “insulting” Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, was arrested by a...
Turkish court releases academic Cenk Yiğiter after 3 days in detention
A Turkish court on Monday released academic Cenk Yiğiter, who was detained by police on Friday along with a group of university students and...
5 die when migrant boat sinks off Aegean coast of Turkey
At least five migrants died on Monday when a boat sank off the coast of Dikili in Turkey's Aegean province of İzmir, the state-run...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 182 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 227 social media accounts and taken legal action against 182 users over the last week (Nov. 5-Nov. 12) on accusations...
Turkish gov’t detains 494 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 494 people last week (Nov. 5-Nov. 12) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Turkish gov’t to testify in ECtHR for deaths during curfews in southeast Anatolia
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will ask Turkish authorities to testify concerning human rights violations and the killing of civilians by the...
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