Sock company with $50 million turnover transferred to TMSF due to Gülen links
One of the five largest sock companies in Turkey, Akın Çorap, which has an annual turnover of $50 million, has been transferred to Turkey’s...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens Gülen movement: We will cause them suffering
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday promised to go after people linked to the faith-based Gülen movement, saying he will cause them suffering....
Akşener reminds justice minister how she was prevented from speaking
Meral Akşener, previously a candidate for chairmanship of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has reminded Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ how a program of hers...
US/OFAC sanctions Turkish company and its owner for providing support to ISIL
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a Turkish company and its owner as "Specially Designated Global Terrorists"...
Five protesters asking for reinstatement to job in Turkey punished by court with house...
Five protesters who are demanding reinstatement to their jobs by protesting on a street in Ankara have been sentenced to house arrest in Turkey,...
UN orders Turkey to release judge arrested over alleged Gülen links
A United Nations legal panel has ordered Turkey to release a judge who is among thousands of people arrested over their alleged links to...
US senators directly tie ‘hostage-taking’ of Pastor Brunson to Turkish President Erdoğan
US senators Jeanne Shaheen and James Lankford, who serve on the US Senate's Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, have accused Turkish...
Turkish parliament approves controversial social media bill
The Turkish parliament on Wednesday approved an amendment to the law on Internet crimes submitted last week by the ruling Justice and Development Party...
Report: 226 women killed by men across Turkey in first half of 2017
A report released by the Umut Foundation has revealed that 226 women were killed by men in the first six months of 2017 across Turkey.
Drawing...
Prosecutor seeks aggravated life for Kavala, 15 others over Gezi protests
An indictment that has just been submitted to an İstanbul high criminal court demands aggravated life –- imprisonment without the chance of parole --...
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