Lawyer: Turkey’s presidential candidate Demirtaş could be freed from prison within days
Selahattin Demirtaş, presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), could be released from prison within days, one of his lawyers told Kurdistan24...
Turkish President, PM use TL 747 million from discretionary funds in Q1
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have used a total of TL 747 million (around $170 million) from discretionary funds...
Turkish gov’t detains 26 more military officers over links to Gülen movement
Twenty six active duty soldiers have been detained in Kocaeli as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement.
The military members were taken...
Turkish expat from Germany detained in Turkey on insult charges
A Turkish expatriate living in Germany who travelled to his hometown of Afyonkarahisar in Turkey for a vacation has been detained in the province...
US court sentences Turkish banker Atilla to 32 months for Iran sanctions evasion
A US Federal judge has sentenced Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla to 32 months in prison, with credit for time already served, according to...
Turkish gov’t to liquidate 6 companies seized from businessman over Gülen links
Six subsidiaries of Dumankaya Holding, which was seized by the Turkish government under a state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial...
German court dismisses Erdoğan’s appeal to ban satirical poem
A German court on Tuesday rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s appeal to ban outright a satirical poem recited by a comedian on German...
British Premier May warns Turkey’s Erdoğan on human rights violations
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday warned Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan not to go too far in his crackdown on those believed to...
Police briefly detain Turkish actor after tweet critical of former Erdoğan aide
Turkish police detained actor Barış Atay on Wednesday morning after Hürriyet daily columnist Ahmet Hakan wrote an article and targeted him, saying, "Teach him a...
Kurds celebrate ‘Kurdish Language Day’ across the world
Kurds around the world celebrated "Kurdish Language Day" on May 15 to honour the Kurdish language, which has been suppressed for decades, especially in...
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