European law associations to Turkey: Immediately release 55 lawyers
Six European law associations in a letter to Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Thursday urged the Turkish government to immediately release 55 lawyers...
Petition campaign launched in Turkey for release of ailing 78-year-old female prisoner
A petition campaign has been launched for the release from prison of 78-year-old Sise Bingöl, who is suffering from heart and lung disease and...
US’ Mueller investigating Flynn’s work on documentary attacking Gülen
The US special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating work performed by former national security advisor Michael Flynn on a documentary targeting Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah...
Archaeologists urged to monitor construction works in Diyarbakır’s historic Sur district demolished by Turkish...
As the demolition of almost all buildings in Alipaşa neighbourhood of Diyarbakır's Sur district has been completed and infrastructure constructions for new buildings have...
EP member Sommer: High time for EU to act over shocking developments in Turkey
Dr. Renate Sommer, a member of the European Parliament (MEP), has called on the European Union to put more pressure on Turkey's autocratic regime...
Grand jury in US approves arrest warrants for former Turkish Minister Çağlayan, 3 others...
A grand jury in the US has approved the arrest warrants for former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer Çağlayan, former state-run Halkbank General Manager Süleyman...
Fox TV anchor given suspended sentence for ByLock claim about Turkish minister
A suspended jail sentence of 16 months, 20 days has been handed down to Fox TV anchor İsmail Küçükkaya on insult charges due to...
Turkish prosecutors revise charge against journalist Soncan over his ‘Gülen movement is not a...
Turkish prosecutors have filed a new case against jailed journalist Emre Soncan (36) based on his statement that "the Gülen movement is not a...
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...
German FM Maas: Turkey must free prisoners to mend ties with EU
Turkey cannot revive its strained relationship with the European Union (EU) until it frees German citizens it has detained, Germany’s foreign minister said on...
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