Turkish gov’t detains 14 more followers of televangelist Adnan Oktar
İstanbul police early Monday detained 14 more followers of Adnan Oktar (62), a controversial Muslim televangelist known abroad as “Harun Yahya” over the work...
47 life sentences sought for critical journalists in Turkey over past 3 months
Various Turkish journalists in the past three months faced 46 aggravated life sentences, one life sentence and 3,023 years, 10 months in prison in...
Switzerland jails a journalist who fled Turkey and applied for asylum
Switzerland has denied the right of asylum to Mustafa Mamay, a Kurdish-Turkish journalist who was sentenced to six years in prison by the Turkish...
Turkish gov’t puts Khashoggi’s fiancée Hatice Cengiz under protection
Turkish authorities have put the fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi under 24-hour police protection, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) said on...
Two dead after migrant boat sinks off Turkey’s Bodrum
Two people died after a boat carrying migrants sank just 50 meters off Turkey’s western coast near Bodrum early on Monday, the coast guard...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 227 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 250 social media accounts and taken legal action against 227 users over the last week (Oct.15-Oct.22, 2018) on accusations...
Turkish gov’t detains 667 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 667 people last week (Oct.15-Oct.22) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Black humour: Erdoğan says no group’s freedom has deteriorated in 16 years of AKP...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the freedom of no individual or an ethnic or religious group had deteriorated in Turkey...
Child sexual abuse cases skyrocket in Turkey since 2007
The number of child sexual abuse cases that Turkish courts have adjudicated in the last 10 years has quadrupled, according to figures provided by...
Turkish prosecutor summons 25 more people as potential witnesses in Khashoggi murder case
A Turkish prosecutor has summoned 25 more people as potential witnesses in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate General...
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