Turkish military operation footage screened in stadium before Amedspor match

Footage of a Turkish military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was projected on the scoreboard of a stadium on Saturday, just...

HRW urges Turkey to end prosecutions for ‘insulting the president’

“‘Insulting the president’ should not be a crime, and students holding up a satirical banner obviously should never have faced prosecution,” said Benjamin Ward,...

Turkish President Erdoğan says savage Khashoggi killing was planned

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday there were strong signs Jamal Khashoggi’s savage killing was planned and that attempts to blame it...

Turkey’s main opposition leader sells home to pay record fine for allegedly defaming Erdoğan

The leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, sold one of his houses in order to pay accumulated fines for...

US lifts sanctions on Turkish interior and justice ministers

The United States said on Friday it had lifted sanctions imposed on two top officials in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s cabinet, a sign...

Turkish gov’t detains 33 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement

The Turkish government detained 33 military members on Wednesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement. Gendarmerie...

Turkish gov’t prosecutes 182 people over social media posts in a week

The Turkish government has investigated 227 social media accounts and taken legal action against 182 users over the last week (Nov. 5-Nov. 12) on accusations...

Erdoğan says Turkey not bound by European court’s ruling to release Demirtaş

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said that Turkey is not bound by verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) following the...

Turkish court: Journalists Altan brothers, Ilıcak, Yazıcı, 2 others co-perpetrators in coup attempt

The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on March 16, 2018 issued its reasoned decision in a trial in which six defendants, including journalist and...

Purge victim accountant reinstated to job one year after death

Mustafa Nacaroğlu, an accountant who was fired from his job by a government decree in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey...

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