Turkish court releases pro-Kurdish journalist Duran from prison for health reasons
A Turkish court ruled on Monday to release jailed journalist Metin Duran from prison following a report issued by Turkey's Institute of Forensic Medicine...
Turkish court releases Erdoğan critic Hanifi Barış, a Scottish university academic
Lawyer Hanifi Barış, an outspoken Aberdeen University academic who has been jailed in Turkey since July 4, 2018 for posting critical comments on social...
Provincial mayor resigns after ‘resisting’ Turkish gov’t’s demand for days
Enver Yılmaz, mayor of the northern Turkish city of Ordu, has resigned after first reportedly rejecting a call from the ruling Justice and Development...
12 people trying to flee persecution in Turkey to Greek island detained by police
Turkish police detained 12 people, including five children, in the Bodrum district in Muğla province on Monday over their alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 84 people over their alleged use of ByLock
Turkish prosecutors issued detention warrants on Tuesday for 84 people over their suspected use of the ByLock mobile phone messaging app as part of...
Turkish gov’t bars family of Uighur internment camp critic in China from entry to...
A critic of China’s Xinjiang internment camps who lives in Turkey has said his wife faces deportation to China after she and her son...
Kurdish group says planned anti-Erdoğan rally banned by German police
Germany’s Kurdish community said Monday it had been banned by Berlin authorities from holding a rally at the Brandenburg Gate during a visit by...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s intel agency turned over a Syrian colonel to the Assad regime
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Hakan Fidan, the pro-Iranian Islamist who has been running Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) since May 2010, protected intelligence officers who were...
Foreign Minister Maas: Germany ready for protests against Turkish president’s visit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s scheduled visit to Germany this month may spark protests, but that is a democratic right, German Foreign Minister Heiko...
Turkish gov’t still holding 126 construction workers under detention in İstanbul
Turkish police are still holding in custody 126 out of 401 workers who were detained after protests on Friday over labor conditions at the...
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