Zaman columnist Ahmet Turan Alkan returns home after 709 days in Turkish prison
Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist for the now-shuttered Zaman newspaper, arrived home after his release by an İstanbul court on Friday, the online news...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says passport ban for 181,500 people to be lifted soon
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said he would soon end a passport ban for 181,500 people who were investigated over links to...
Int’l organizations decry Turkish court’s verdicts for Zaman journalists, calling them ‘perversion of justice’
International organizations including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee...
Turkish police again detain dismissed academic Nuriye Gülmen
Turkish police on Friday again detained Nuriye Gülmen, a prominent academic who went on a hunger strike after being fired from her job by a...
Foundation run by minister’s brother granted tax-exempt status by Turkish Cabinet
A foundation established by Serhat Albayrak, the brother of Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, who is also the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Turkish-German humor writer Taş deported from Turkey for looking ‘suspicious’
Bülent Taş, a Turkish-German humor writer and theater director, was deported from Turkey after he was kept in police custody for two days on...
Latest gov’t decree to keep some OHAL practices in place in Turkey
The Turkish government will abolish a state of emergency (OHAL) that was declared in the aftermath of the controversial military coup attempt on July...
OSCE’s Désir condemns harsh prison sentences for Zaman journalists, calls for their release
Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), voiced strong disapproval of a Turkish...
86-year-old Turkish philanthropist arrested over Gülen links
Eighty-six-year-old Turkish businessman Celal Afşar was arrested on Thursday along with his daughter, son-in-law and two others in Niğde province as part of an...
Bierhoff: Özil should have been left off World Cup squad after photo with Erdoğan
Germany should have considered leaving midfielder Mesut Özil out of the World Cup squad following the furor caused by the player’s photo with Turkish...
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