Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency secretly films businessman İpek in London
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has secretly filmed Turkish businessman Akın İpek, one of the targets of the Turkish government led by President...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s shenanigans are costing Turkey dearly
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The hastily arranged presidential decrees which completely re-designed the governance of Turkey from head to toe reveal that it will be a...
Turkish court acquits gang leader over his ‘we’ll shower in your blood’ threat against...
Sedat Peker, a convicted gang leader and staunch supporter of Turkey's Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was acquitted by a Turkish court on Friday...
Number of detentions in case of Turkish televangelist rises to 179
The number of detentions in connection to Adnan Oktar, a notorious religious cult leader and controversial televangelist, rose to 179 on Thursday as police searched...
Turkish gov’t detains 15 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
Fifteen military members were detained in 13 provinces following the issuance of 24 detention warrants by the Kayseri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, in an...
CHP chairman ordered to pay $20K for allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay TL 95,000 ($19,500)...
21-year-old says sentenced to 21 years without ever appearing in Turkish court
Alişan Taburoğlu, a 21-year-old student from Akdeniz University, has written a letter to former Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Barış Yarkadaş saying he has...
ECtHR faults Turkey for ‘extensive interpretation’ of criminal code terror article
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) stated in a decision on July 10 that Article 220/7 of the Turkish Criminal Code (TCK) governing...
3 French nationals briefly detained in PKK operations in Turkey
Three French nationals were briefly detained, along with 13 others, during an operation conducted by Turkish security forces targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
CHP deputy chair fined 30,000 lira for calling Turkish President Erdoğan ‘fascist dictator’
A Turkish court has ordered Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)deputy chair and party spokesperson Bülent Tezcan to pay non-pecuniary damages in the...
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