Turkish authorities brand Azerbaijani student as a ‘foreign terrorist fighter’ over cafeteria protest
Turkish authorities have designated an Azerbaijani graduate student as a “foreign terrorist fighter” for participating in a peaceful protest over prices in the cafeteria...
EP’s Harms: I have serious doubts about ECtHR’s attitude over cases from Turkey
Rebecca Harms, a member of the European Parliament and Co-President of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, has said that she has serious doubts about the...
28,380 workers have died in occupational accidents since ruling AKP came to power in...
A total of 28,380 people have died in workplace accidents in Turkey since the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in...
Suspect soldier in coup trial says ordered to prepare for terror attack operation
Abdulkadir Kahraman, a military cadet who was arrested for involvement in a failed coup attempt last July in Turkey, said during his trial in...
Turkish prison banned all communication for Gülen inmates for nearly 2 years
For 565 days, Turkish authorities cut off all communication and banned the delivery of letters and other messages to and from suspected members of...
Court denies request to hear tourism minister in trial over deadly hotel fire in...
A Turkish court on Thursday rejected a request to hear Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy as a witness in a trial concerning...
Former military cadets severely beaten by guards in Turkey’s Silivri Prison
Former military cadets who are incarcerated in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison for allegedly participating in an abortive putsch in Turkey in July 2016 were...
Another Turkish citizen with Gülen links allegedly disappears abroad
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Turkish citizens Enver Kılıç and Zabit Kişi, who were detained while boarding the plane on September 30, can not be received any news after...
Impossible to sustain Turkey’s cooperation on refugees with EU’s financial support alone: report
A recently published paper by a prominent German think tank on Turkey’s partnership with the European Union said it is not possible to ensure...
Turkish court rules for continuation of pretrial detention of jailed Zaman journalists
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Friday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of 19 journalists, former employees of the Zaman...
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