Turkish conscript in 5th day of military service given 14 life sentences on coup...
The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court handed down aggravated life sentences to 41 defendants on Friday, among them Ahmet Özdemir, who was fulfilling his...
Jailed Turkish journalist Emre Soncan: European politicians disloyal to European values
Turkish journalist Emre Soncan (36), who has been jailed in Turkey's notorious Silivri Prison in İstanbul for 667 days and sentenced by a court to...
Report: Turkish man in police custody for 7 days loses mental health
A report by the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TİHV) shows that a Turkish man who was kept under police custody for 7 days in...
Turkish gov’t detains 26 people fleeing to Greece to escape post-coup witch hunt
Twenty-six people were detained in Turkey’s border province of Edirne while they were reportedly fleeing to Greece to escapte the Turkish government’s post-coup witch-hunt...
COMMENTARY — US Treasury targets Erdoğan’s links to Iran’s IRGC
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The United States Treasury has named an Iran-sanction-busting Turkish citizen and several companies in İstanbul as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under...
Erdoğainst Turks get Le Point ad removed from billboard in France
A group of Turks in Avignon, France, succeeded in the removal of a publicity poster for the French magazine Le Point, which in its...
Turkish gov’t detains closed Zaman daily’s lawyer Odabaşı over Gülen links
Turkish police detained now-closed Zaman daily's lawyer Ali Odabaşı allegedly as he was trying to escape persecution of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...
Pro-Kurdish human rights defender from Turkey Eren Keskin to receive 2018 Anna Lindh Prize
The Swedish-based Anna Lindh Memorial Fund has named pro-Kurdish human rights lawyer from Turkey Eren Keskin as the recipient of the 2018 Anna Lindh...
Turkish court sentences 16 İTÜ academics to 3-7 years in prison over alleged Gülen...
A Turkish court sentenced 16 academics from the prestigious İstanbul Technical University (İTÜ) to varying prison terms on Friday over their alleged links to the...
Turkish rapper detained for allegedly encouraging drug use in songs
Ömer Sercan İpekçioğlu, a Turkish rapper also known as Ezhel, was detained on Thursday, accused of encouraging drug use in his songs, the Hürriyet...
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