Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi killed in Istanbul consulate
Saudi Arabia on Saturday admitted that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its consulate in İstanbul, state media said, two weeks after his...
IPI urges Merkel, Macron to confront Turkey on press freedom
The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for press freedom, has written to German Chancellor Angela...
IOHR organizes int’l conference on unprecedented threat to human rights in Turkey
The International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) has announced that it holding an international conference on Nov. 2, 2018 in Geneva to highlight the...
Turkish gov’t detains 505 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 505 people last week (Oct. 29-Nov. 5) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Turkish gov’t detains 74 military personnel over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Friday detained at least 74 active duty military officers across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Turkish court sentences journalist Ali Ünal to 19,5 years in prison over alleged Gülen...
A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak acquitted Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily,...
UK court denies extradition request of Turkish tycoon, says case politically motivated
A British court on Wednesday denied an extradition request from Turkey for businessman Akın İpek on several charges, primarily for links to Islamic scholar...
16 more military officers, cadets arrested on charges of alleged terrorism
Sixteen military officers and previously expelled military academy cadets who were detained along with 26 others last week as part of an ongoing operation...
Turkey witnesses yet another family tragedy under rule of emergency over alleged links to...
A Turkish woman in Turkey's Denizli province has killed his disabled son and committed suicide because of the unbearable stress and psychological pressures stem...
Turkey removes limitations on more than 50,000 passports
The Ministry of Interior Affairs has lifted restrictions on the passports of 51,171 people, Turkish media reported on Friday, despite claims that previous similar...
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