Turkish gov’t prosecutes 285 people over social media posts in a week

The Turkish government has investigated 349 social media accounts and taken legal action against 285 users over the last week (Sept.24-Oct.1) on accusations of...

US blacklists Turkish company over violating sanctions on North Korea

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday designated a company in Turkey, SIA Falcon International Group, for...

Turkish gov’t spends about $3,5 billion on prisons in last three years

Turkey has spent $3,4 billion on prisons in the past three years, over five times the amount spent on research and development for education, according...

PACE calls on Moldova to restore rule of law after abduction of 7 Turkish...

Twenty-two members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have signed a statement calling on the Moldovan government to restore the...

Turkish teacher investigated for recommending novel by Nobel Prize winner Pamuk

A literature teacher in İstanbul revealed to the BirGün newspaper that they had come under investigation for recommending “The Museum of Innocence” by Orhan...

SAR report reveals how attacks by authorities have crippled Turkey’s higher education

A report by a New York-based initiative for academic freedom, Scholars at Risk (SAR), shows how deliberate attacks by Turkish authorities on university communities...

Turkish court rules for continuation of journalist Gündem’s imprisonment over Gülen links

A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday for a continuation of the pretrial detention of veteran Turkish journalist Mehmet Gündem, who was arrested on Nov....
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Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 36 military members over alleged links to Gülen...

The Turkish government issued detention warrants on Monday for 36 military personnel as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the...

34 women killed by men across Turkey in October

Thirty-four women, including some as young as 12, were killed by men across Turkey in October, according to a report by the "We Will...

Turkish court orders main opposition leader to pay damages for claims of ‘illicit money’...

A Turkish court in İstanbul on Tuesday ordered Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to pay damages for a statement...
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