Turkish gov’t detains 15 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
Fifteen military members were detained in 13 provinces following the issuance of 24 detention warrants by the Kayseri Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, in an...
CHP chairman ordered to pay $20K for allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay TL 95,000 ($19,500)...
21-year-old says sentenced to 21 years without ever appearing in Turkish court
Alişan Taburoğlu, a 21-year-old student from Akdeniz University, has written a letter to former Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Barış Yarkadaş saying he has...
ECtHR faults Turkey for ‘extensive interpretation’ of criminal code terror article
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) stated in a decision on July 10 that Article 220/7 of the Turkish Criminal Code (TCK) governing...
3 French nationals briefly detained in PKK operations in Turkey
Three French nationals were briefly detained, along with 13 others, during an operation conducted by Turkish security forces targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...
CHP deputy chair fined 30,000 lira for calling Turkish President Erdoğan ‘fascist dictator’
A Turkish court has ordered Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)deputy chair and party spokesperson Bülent Tezcan to pay non-pecuniary damages in the...
İstanbul court gives Turkish actress suspended sentence for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
An İstanbul regional court on Thursday handed down a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days to Turkish singer and actress Zuhal Olcay for...
Turkey’s confiscation of media companies taken to international tribunal
The Turkish government’s seizure of independent media companies is to be challenged in two international cases on the grounds that the multi-billion expropriations violate...
Turkey’s intelligence service abducts 2 people from Azerbaijan and Ukraine over Gülen links
Two people were detained abroad and transported to Turkey by agents of the country's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) on Thursday over their alleged...
Prominent members of Turkey’s major business family sentenced long prison terms over Gülen links
A Turkish court in central Kayseri province on Thursday sentenced prominent members of the Boydak family, the owners of Boydak Holding, to lengthy prison terms...
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