Gov’t denies assistance to autistic teen due to father’s alleged links to Gülen movement
A district governor’s office in Hatay province has been refusing to provide assistance to the family of Rüveyda Tekgöz, a 16-year-old autistic girl because...
Former judge with 6-month-old baby sent to prison in defiance of legal provisions
Esra Çiçeklidağ, a former judge dismissed from her job by a government decree, was arrested on November 10, 2021 in violation of a Turkish...
Former AKP parliamentary candidate elected as member of Turkey’s top court
A former candidate for parliament from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been elected as a member of Turkey’s Constitutional Court in...
Turkish gov’t detains 23 people in operation targeting critical Furkan Foundation
Police teams on Monday carried out operations against members of the Furkan Foundation, which is critical of the Turkish government, and detained 23 of...
Ankara court rules in favor of former public servant dismissed for donating to Gülen-affiliated...
The Ankara 19th Administrative Court has ruled in favor of a former civil servant who was dismissed by a government decree for donating money...
Turkey’s Court of Appeals approves prison sentence for pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Baydemir
A 17-month prison sentence given to pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Osman Baydemir has been approved by Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals, with...
Dozens including doctors, teachers, housewives, military officers & more detained in Turkey on coup...
At least 39 civilians, including doctors, imams and housewives, have been detained by police in six major Turkish provinces over alleged links to the...
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bozdağ accusses US and German intelligence services of lying
Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag has claimed that both German and the US intelligence have clear information that Fethullah Gülen and its supporters planned,...
44,675 investigated for insulting Turkish president since 2014: opposition MP
A total of 44,675 investigations have been launched by Turkish prosecutors into individuals on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since his election...
Report: Turkish gov’t used German spy software on opposition politicians, activists
"Opposition protesters in Turkey were reportedly deceived into downloading a spy app made by a German firm Germany has previously vowed to block...
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