Turkish court rules no insult as long as Erdoğan is rooster
A social media user who was convicted on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a photograph was subsequently acquitted after an appeals...
Prison denies inmate his own book for being ‘motivational’
A prison administration in northwest Turkey has refused to deliver inmate Mehmet Alçınkaya a copy of his autobiography on the grounds that the book’s...
Mother with 13-month-old detained in İstanbul over Gülen links
Elif Çadırcı, a mathematics teacher and mother of 13-month-old Melek Gül, was detained on Friday over alleged links to the Gülen movement and sent...
US approves ban on selling guns to Erdoğan’s security detail
The US Senato has approved the draft proposing ban on selling guns to Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s security detail, CNN Türk reported...
‘I fear for my life in here,’ says disabled bomb expert imprisoned on terrorism...
"I fear for my life in here," said disabled former bomb disposal expert Bilal Konakçı in a letter he wrote from his prison cell...
US State Department watching, following, monitoring Turkey ‘very closely’
Mark Toner, spokesman for the US Department of State, reiterated many times at a press briefing on Thursday that the United States is “monitoring,”...
CHP deputy: Turkish Justice Minister doesn’t know number of jailed journalists
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Atila Sertel has said Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül was unable to provide the number of...
Turkish FM confesses NBA player Kanter’s world tour disrupted in post-coup crackdown
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said NBA player Enes Kanter’s world tour was disrupted as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the alleged...
300-room summer palace under construction for Turkey’s Erdoğan
A summer palace with 300 rooms and four-meter-high walls is being constructed at Okluk Bay, in Marmaris, for Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Boydak Holding executive convicted of Gülen links detained in İstanbul
An executive from the Kayseri-based Boydak Holding was detained in İstanbul on Tuesday to serve a sentence handed down on terrorism-related charges due to...
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