Turkey investigates opposition lawmaker for allegedly insulting, threatening Erdoğan
Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into an opposition lawmaker on suspicion of insulting and threatening President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in remarks she made...
Erdoğan: Iran sanctions case in US part of a ‘new coup attempt’ against Turkey
The case opened by a New York court against Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla into breaching the US sanctions on Iran, is part of an...
Pro-Kurdish HDP’s 70 members, administrators detained in İstanbul
Seventy members and administrators from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) were detained in İstanbul on Monday following raids in their homes.
After İstanbul prosecutors...
Arrest warrant issued for released HDP deputy Konca
The Batman 3rd High Criminal Court has ruled for the arrest of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Siirt deputy Besime Konca, who was released...
Merkel says EU-Turkey ties ‘severely hit’ by developments in Ankara
The relationship between the European Union (EU) and Turkey has been “severely hit” by actions taken by Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the...
Film about Turkey’s purge victims cut from festival, drawing criticism
The organizing committee of the Golden Orange Film Festival in Turkey’s Antalya province has removed a documentary depicting the plight of victims of a...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 70 teachers and more over alleged links to...
Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 70 teachers on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members...
Women’s rights activists slam government proposal to combat gender-based violence as ‘inadequate’
Women's rights activists have criticized a government proposal to combat gender-based violence, saying it was inadequate to protect women and lenient on perpetrators of...
Man sentenced to 7.5 years in prison over alleged financial aid to Gülen-linked prisoners’...
A Turkish court has sentenced a man to seven-and-a-half years in prison on accusations that he helped transfer money to families of people jailed...
Journalists appeared in court 207 times in two months: opposition MP
Journalists in Turkey appeared at court hearings 207 times in the first two months of 2024, the Kronos news website reported on Wednesday, citing...
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