15 more detained in Antalya bribery probe amid crackdown on main opposition
Turkish police detained at least 15 employees of the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality on Wednesday as part of an expanding corruption investigation that has already...
Turkish businessman affiliated with Gülen movement abducted in Baku
Mustafa Ceyhan, a Turkish businessman allegedly affiliated with the Gülen mowement, was reportedly abducted in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Thursday as part...
Armored vehicles, abandoned explosives have killed 67 children in Turkey since 2011: report
A total of 67 children in Turkey have been killed by armored vehicles, landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) since 2011, according to...
In aftermath of mass purge, nearly half of Turkey’s judges and prosecutors are inexperienced...
Thousands of judges and prosecutors in Turkey have been sacked and replaced by inexperienced newcomers, Reuters reported, citing government data which revealed that at...
Turkey expands corruption probe into opposition-run municipalities, detaining 11 in Istanbul
Turkish police on Wednesday detained 11 employees of Istanbul’s Bayrampaşa Municipality, in a growing corruption investigation that has already led to the arrest and...
Report: Turkey’s MİT abducts Turkish businessman from Sudan
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has abducted a Gülen movement-affiliated businessman from Sudan, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.
According to the news...
Turkish activist says sister detained at airport upon arrival for family funeral
Former public servant and activist Acun Karadağ on Sunday said on Twitter that her sister, identified only as Sevilay, was detained at the airport...
Turkey’s top court rejects 96 percent of all individual applications, statistics show
The Turkish Constitutional Court rejected 96 percent of the 266,466 individual applications made in the last eight years. In only 8,659 of these petitions...
Turkish authorities detain 151 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish police have detained 151 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in the last two weeks, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced...
3 detained Turkish educators and their families handed over to Turkey by Gabon
Three Turkish educators and their families who were arbitrarily detained in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, were handed over to Turkish officials and taken...
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