Top suspect in Turkey’s coup attempt says he and Gen. Öztürk came to Akıncı...
Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the key suspects in a trial concerning a controversial coup attempt in Turkey last year and brother of...
Georgia trying to shut down private university at the request of Turkish gov’t
Georgian authorities have reportedly tried to close the private International Black Sea University (IBSU), which was founded in 1995 in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi,...
Turkey again fires academic who signed peace petition
An appeals court in Turkey has ruled to remove from her job Mühdan Sağlam, an academic who was recently reinstated after initially being fired...
Turkish appeals court again defies top court ruling, exacerbating crisis in judiciary
The Turkish judiciary is facing a crisis as the Supreme Court of Appeals has defied a Constitutional Court (AYM) ruling for the second time...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 79 more teachers on Teachers Day
As Turkey celebrates the Teachers Day, the Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for a total of 79 teachers due to...
Turkish online news editor faces up to 15 years for reporting on gov’t whistleblower
A Turkish prosecutor has drafted an indictment for Doğan Akın, the editor and founder of the T24 news website, for his reporting on a...
Denying earlier remarks, Erdoğan says never been deceived in political life
In remarks that contradicted two earlier statements, Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that he has never been deceived by anybody...
EP rapporteur Piri calls on Turkey to release jailed HDP presidential candidate Demirtaş
The European Parliament's (EP) Turkey rapporteur, Kati Piri, has called for the release of jailed pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party's (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş...
Turkish gov’t dismisses 461 career diplomats from foreign ministry over alleged links to Gülen...
The Turkish government has dismissed 461 career diplomats at the Foreign Ministry as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Hearing at ECtHR reveals Turkish prosecutor denied access to vital information
A Turkish prosecutor who had dropped a case involving human rights violations in Turkey’s Kurdish district of Cizre was prohibited access to vital military...
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