40 years imprisonment sought for journalist Karaca for ‘plotting’ against pro-Al Qaeda group
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks 40 years jail term for Samanyolu Broadcasting Group General Manager Hidayet Karaca on charges of membership...
Accounts of Erdoğanist Sabah daily seized in Germany
The accounts of pro-Erdoğan Sabah daily newspaper's edition in Germany were confiscated by the German Ministry of Finance because of some irregularities were detected...
Turkey arrests ÇHD head Selçuk Kozağaçlı on terrorism charges
Turkey's Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) President Selçuk Kozağaçlı, who was detained on Nov. 8 in İstanbul, has been arrested by a court on charges...
Lawyers for Turkish journalists Alpay, Altan say Constitutional Court rulings are binding on all
Lawyers representing imprisoned Turkish journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay issued a public statement over the weekend regarding the continued detention of their clients...
Kosovo President Thaçi slams detention of 6 Turkish citizens over links to Gülen movement
Kosovo's President Hashim Thaçi has reacted to the arrest on Thursday of six Turkish citizens and said, "Today we are disappointed because our relevant institutions,...
Civil servant purged by Turkish gov’t abducted in Ankara, says parent
Orçun Şenyücel, a former public employee who was dismissed from his job at the Competition Authority in 2016, has been abducted by an unknown...
UN Human Rights Council calls on Turkish gov’t to release Kaçmaz couple immediately
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the UN Human Rights Council has called on the Turkish government to immediately release Mesut Kaçmaz and...
Turkish state-run Anadolu news agency harasses exiled journalist Vatandaş
Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has harassed yet another Turkish journalist who has been forced to live abroad, contributing to the intensified campaign of...
Family leaves Suruç after losing 3 members in dispute with politician from Turkey’s ruling...
A family that lost three members in June in a deadly confrontation with Turkey's ruling party deputy has decided to leave their hometown in...
Erdoğanist Turkish journalist calls on youths to besiege US Embassy in Ankara
Radical Islamist Turkish journalist Adem Özköse, known as a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has called on all Turkish youths to...
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