Turkish gov’t detain 646 people in one week over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government has detained 646 people as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement in the...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 72 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Ankara and Tokat chief public prosecutor’s offices on Friday have issued detention warrants for 72 people including 20 military officers over their alleged...
Turkish gov’t adamant on targeting Syria’s Afrin as US changes tune over SDF forces
While Turkey’s National Security Council (MGK), top civil and military entity, said on Wednesday that it will take “immediate” and “resolute” steps to protect...
Germany turns down Turkey’s calls to reject asylum applications of Turkish officers
German authorities have turned down calls from Turkey to reject asylum applications from 40 high-ranking Turkish officers, saying that the officers’ applications will be...
Turkish gov’t detains 494 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 494 people last week (Nov. 5-Nov. 12) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Turkish gov’t sentences four journalists up to 9 years in prison
A Turkish court in Adana province has handed down prison sentences varying from 7 years, 6 months to 9 years to four journalists on charges...
7 in 10 juvenile offenders in Turkey are repeat cases, data show
Seventy-two percent of minors in Turkey who are entered into the criminal justice system have had prior contact with authorities, according to data shared...
Insiders speculate Netflix could leave Turkey over increasing gov’t censorship: report
After Netflix was forced to end a Turkish drama series because it had a gay leading character, industry insiders are speculating the world-dominating streaming...
Inmate with epilepsy who has undergone 3 brain surgeries suffers severe seizure in prison
Former teacher Abdullah Aslan, whose repeated requests for release have been rejected, had a major epileptic seizure in a Turkish prison ward on Monday,...
14 former officers detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish police detained 14 former military officers in raids carried out in Ankara for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the TR724 news website...
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