Top court says Turkish judiciary made best efforts to investigate Khashoggi murder
Turkey’s Constitutional Court, which has announced its reasoned opinion for rejecting an application filed by the fiancée of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 77 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 77 people across Turkey on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Turkey’s ATK finds 81-year-old disabled Kurdish woman fit for imprisonment
Turkey’s Council of Forensic Medicine (ATK) has issued a report that finds Makbule Özer, an 81-year-old Kurdish woman with serious disabilities and health problems,...
Turkish prison authorities refuse jailed journalist access to Cumhuriyet daily, saying it supports terror
Authorities at Turkey's Menemen R Type Prison in İzmir have rejected a request of visually impaired journalist Cüneyt Arat, who has been in jail...
538 purge victims in Turkey died due to persecution: NGO
A nongovernmental organization founded by victims of Turkey’s post-coup purge has announced that 538 people have died due to a number of factors related...
Turkish court rules for continuation of pretrial detention of jailed Zaman journalists
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Friday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of 19 journalists, former employees of the Zaman...
S&D president Pittella to attend HDP Co-chair Demirtaş’s trial in Turkey
Gianni Pittella, President of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the European Parliament, is going to start a two-day visit to...
Report: Turkish gov’t orders gang to assassinate alleged members of Gülen movement in Denmark
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered a criminal gang in Denmark to assassinate alleged members of the Gülen movement, according...
Turkish police officer acquitted of murder due to failure of ATK to provide evidence...
A Turkish court has acquitted a police officer in the case of Miraç Miroğlu, a 7-year-old boy on a bicycle who was crushed to...
Jailed Turkish police chief Ülker dies on Fathers’ Day due to belated cancer treatment
İsmail Ülker, a 42-year-old former police chief who has been imprisoned for 23 months over alleged links to the Gülen movement as part of...
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