Turkey dismisses 3 Kurdish mayors, detains hundreds on terrorism charges
The Turkish government on Monday appointed trustees to three municipalities in the predominantly Kurdish Southeast of Turkey, dismissing the newly elected mayors of Van, Mardin...
Newspaper subscription, school enrollment not terrorist activity, says Turkey’s top appeals court
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling that sentenced a defendant to prison on terrorism charges for buying a subscription...
Turkey orders detention of 2,073 Gülen followers in July
According to Turkey’s deputy interior minister, İsmail Çataklı 2,073 suspects were detained in July as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen...
Lawyers denied access to abducted men now in police custody: Ankara Bar Association
The Ankara Bar Association on Thursday released a statement reporting that four Gülen followers who turned up in police custody after being missing since...
Math professor accused of terrorist propaganda released pending trial
Tuna Altınel, a Lyon University professor of mathematics who was accused of disseminating terrorist propaganda, was released pending trial on Tuesday by a court...
Abducted men show physical and mental signs of torture: families
Families of four Gülen followers who appeared in police custody after being missing since February revealed that their loved ones might have been subjected...
4 of 6 men abducted six months ago now in police custody, 2 remain...
The family members of four men who were reportedly abducted by Turkish intelligence in February confirmed yesterday that their relatives were in custody at...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules academics’ rights violated in peace petition case
Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Friday said the rights of academics who were dismissed or prosecuted for signing a “peace petition” were violated. The decision...
46 purge victims have died by suicide in post-coup crackdown: report
Forty-six victims of Turkey’s massive post-coup purge of state institutions have committed suicide, according to a report drafted by an opposition deputy on the...
Presidency seeks to strip opposition leader and 9 deputies of immunity
A presidential summary of proceedings seeking the removal of the parliamentary immunity of Turkey’s main opposition leader and nine opposition deputies has made its...
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