Investigation launched into İstanbul hospital ‘covering up’ minors’ pregnancies
An investigation has been launched into the Bağcılar Teaching and Research Hospital in İstanbul on grounds that staff members covered up the cases of...
Turkish court acquits Cumhuriyet journalist Gül of ‘revealing state secrets’
The İstanbul 14th High Criminal Court on Monday acquitted Cumhuriyet daily journalist Erdem Gül of charges of “revealing state secrets” in a June 12,...
Turkish police use force against mine victims’ families seeking justice in Ankara
Family members of 301 victims of a 2014 mine disaster in the Soma district of Turkey’s Manisa province who marched to Ankara to seek...
Pro-gov’t journalist says Turkish gov’t readying for operations against other religious groups
Nevzat Çiçek, a pro-government journalist, has said Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate and state intelligence agencies are conducting significant research on religious communities in Turkey...
Sgt. Daş, who Turkish gov’t labeled as a traitor for 2 years after his...
The name of Sgt. Ferhat Daş, a Turkish tank commander who chose to die by suicide rather than open fire on civilians during a...
Turkey’s intelligence service abducts journalist İnan from Ukraine over Gülen links
Yusuf İnan, a Turkish journalist, was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) in Ukraine and transported to Turkey on Sunday...
Turkey’s pro-Erdoğan media: MİT has located 4,600 alleged members of Gülen movement in 110...
The agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) have reportedly located 4,600 alleged members of the Gülen movement in 110 countries around the world,...
Turkey’s Saturday Mothers meet for 649th time to demand justice for their disappeared children
The mothers of Kurds who have disappeared in Turkey staged their weekly sit-in at Galatasaray Square on İstanbul's İstiklal Avenue for the 694th time...
Turkish gov’t seizes and transfers 6,700 properties belonging to alleged members of Gülen movement
At least 6,700 pieces of real estate that were seized from alleged members of the Gülen movement have been transferred by Turkey's General Directorate of...
Staff of Turkey’s state-run TRT briefly detained in Greece
Staff members of Turkey's public TV broadcaster TRT were briefly detained in the Greek city of Alexandroupolis late Saturday.
According to a report by Turkey's...
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