Turkey’s top prosecutor demands death penalty for men killing women
The chief prosecutor at Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has suggested reinstatement of the death penalty for the perpetrators of women’s murders, saying that...
Turkey’s Erdoğanist columnist: Bitcoin ‘a secret communication tool’ used by Gülen followers
Pro-government Yeni Akit newspaper's staunchly Erdoğanist columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak alleged in his column that Bitcoin is "a secret communication tool" used by the alleged...
Newspaper removes op-ed claiming Turkey asked US to halt Halkbank probes in exchange for...
The pro-government Hürriyet daily on Saturday removed from its website a column claiming that two separate investigations targeting Turkey’s Halkbank are being conducted in...
SCF revised total figure for Turkey’s jailed journos as 258 with 19 more identified
Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) has finally identified the names of 19 arrested journalists who were working for state-run network Turkish Radio Television Corporation...
Woman who lost family members in political murder faces prison in insult case
Emine Şenyaşar, a woman who has been demanding justice for three of her family members murdered by people connected to a lawmaker from Turkey’s...
More illegal arms imported from Turkey seized in Nigeria
Less than two weeks after operatives of the Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, busted a syndicate that smuggled over 1,000...
Turkish governor in Samsun says teachers can beat students to discipline them
Samsun Governor Osman Kaymak, who was appointed from Tunceli province last month, has told teachers that they can beat students in order to discipline...
Anti-Gülenist witch hunt in Turkey knows no limits
Turkish authorities on June 10 ordered the detention of 63 people, including a mother with her 6-month-old infant, as part of a massive crackdown...
70,000 students behind bars in Turkey
A total of 70,000 students who have either been convicted of a crime or are in pretrial detention are currently in Turkey’s jails, while...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 74 military officers, 22 civilians over alleged Gülen...
The Turkish government issued detention warrants for 74 military officers and 22 civilians on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting...
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