86-year-old Turkish philanthropist arrested over Gülen links

Eighty-six-year-old Turkish businessman Celal Afşar was arrested on Thursday along with his daughter, son-in-law and two others in Niğde province as part of an...
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Turkish gov’t detains 20 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish government has detained 20 on-duty military officers in 14 provinces across Turkey on Tuesday in a Kastamonu-based investigation targeting alleged members of the...

Turkey referred to UN Security Council over arrested judge of UN legal panel

Turkey is infringing the judicial independence of a United Nations (UN) war crimes tribunal by holding one of its judges in prison despite an...

Turkish courts sentence 2,381 people over their alleged role in controversial coup bid

One hundred ninety-four out of 289 trials concerning a controversial coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 have concluded since the first trials...

8-year-old stripped of ‘Super Dad’ T-shirt by Turkish authorities during visit to jailed father

An 8-year-old boy was stripped of his T-shirt that bore the words ‘Super Dad’ during a visit to his father, under arrest for at...

Turkish police deny torturing villagers while investigation continues

Turkey’s General Directorate of Security on Thursday denied torturing thirty-six villagers who were detained on July 5 as part of an operation by Turkish...

Bulgaria bans AKP deputy, Turkish bureaucrats from entering the country

As tension between Ankara and Sofia over the role of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in upcoming Bulgarian elections persists, it has...

Turkey drops to 118th place in 2025 global rule of law index

Turkey was ranked 118th among 143 countries in the 2025 “WJP Rule of Law Index” published by the World Justice Project on Wednesday, dropping one place...

Council of Europe to begin disciplinary process against Turkey over jailed activist

The Council of Europe said Friday it will launch disciplinary action against Turkey for refusing to free prominent activist and businessman Osman Kavala, triggering...

Pompeo: All Americans being held by Turkish gov’t need to come home

Despite the fact that the United States and Turkey have reportedly agreed to deal diplomatically with a row over imprisoned American pastor Andrew Brunson,...
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