Turkey bans student admissions to 16 French language departments

Amid ongoing Turkish criticism to a recent statement from prominent French figures who called for the removal of some verses from the Quran, Turkey’s...

İstanbul court orders not to release 6 journalists over alleged links to Gülen movement

An İstanbul court ruled on Friday to remand in custody all alleged “media leg” suspects, including journalists Nazlı Ilıcak, Mehmet Altan and novelist Ahmat...

Kemal Sancılı, publisher of pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, arrested by Turkish court

Kemal Sancılı, the publisher of the now-closed pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem newspaper was arrested by a Turkish court on Friday. According to a report by pro-Kurdish...

Council of Europe urges Turkey’s top court to quickly conclude examination of Demirtaş’s detention

The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers’ Deputies has called on Turkey’s Constitutional Court to expeditiously examine an application from Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş...

Top judicial body instructs judges to arrest more Gülen supporters: report

According to a document that the Kronos news website published on Saturday, Turkey’s top judicial body, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), sent...

Top court finds rights violation in blocking of Bank Asya customer’s funds

In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of an applicant who claimed she was blocked from withdrawing money from her...

US court sentences Turkish banker Atilla to 32 months for Iran sanctions evasion

A US Federal judge has sentenced Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla to 32 months in prison, with credit for time already served, according to...

Jailed journalist Ünal: By arresting journalists you cannot save yourselves from Dec. 17-25 graft...

Former Ankara Representative of now-closed Zaman daily, Mustafa Ünal, who was standing trial after 419 days in pretrial detention, targeted the the corrupt government...

Pro-gov’t columnist: Erdoğan wouldn’t hold an election he would lose

Murat Akan, a columnist for the pro-government Diriliş Postası daily, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will not allow an election to be held...

ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 144 judges and prosecutors after failed 2016 coup

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 144 judges and...

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