President Erdoğan urges Turkish scientists to return home despite his war on science
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday announced a campaign to bring Turkish scientists back home, personally calling for their return, independent news site...
Turkish gov’t says operations targeting Gülen movement could extend to US
Turkey’s presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said during a press conference on Friday that the Turkish government would continue its global manhunt for followers of...
Protests start in Germany ahead of visit by Turkish President Erdoğan
People across Germany took to the streets over the weekend to protest a state visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 27-29.
According...
Turkish gov’t puts 572 lawyers behind bars on terror charges since 2016 coup attempt
According to Turkey’s Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) 572 attorneys have been put behind bars since the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, in Turkey,...
Brunson’s daughter says pastor’s 2-year ordeal in Turkey proves all charges groundless
Jacqueline Furnari, the daughter of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who is standing trial in Turkey on charges of terrorism, has said her father’s two-year...
Turkey’s top court receives over 190,000 individual applications in last 6 years
Turkey’s Constitutional Court received 191,371 individual applications between 2012 and June 30 of this year, some 60 percent of them concerning violations of the...
Turkish police batter Saturday Mothers in 704th week demonstration
The Saturday Mothers, who have been fighting for 23 years to have the fate of relatives who disappeared while in the custody of security...
Report: German intelligence ponders putting pro-Erdoğan DİTİB under surveillance
German intelligence is reportedly examining whether to put the pro-Erdoğan Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB), which has been at the center of a series...
Amnesty bill prepared by Turkish president’s ultranationalist ally to pardon over 160,000 convicts
A law proposed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultranationalist ally the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) could allow for 162,989 convicts to be pardoned,...
6 people trying to flee persecution in Turkey detained by police
Turkish police detained six people, including two children, in Kırklareli province on Saturday over their alleged links to the Gülen movement as they were reportedly...
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