Turkey’s HDP, MHP lodge dissenting opinion on coup commission report due to shortcomings, contradictions
The opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) announced on Monday that they have lodged a dissenting opinion to a parliamentary...
ECtHR condemns Turkey over Amnesty activist’s ‘unlawful’ detention
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday condemned Turkey over the arrest in 2017 of the head of the Turkish branch of rights...
Turkish President Erdoğan’s nationalist ally calls for amnesty for gang leaders
Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultra-nationalist ally and the leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Saturday called for amnesty for...
Turkish court sentences teacher Duman, abducted by MİT from Malaysia, to 18 years in...
Alaettin Duman, a Turkish teacher in Malaysia who was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) from Kuala Lumpur in 2016...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s intelligence agency tapped journalist as asset in CNN Turkish affiliate
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The use of Turkish journalists as assets and media outlets as cover has long been a policy of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says he stands with the oppressed of the world
As he continues a massive purge and witch-hunt against his opponents, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a message for Human Rights...
Turkish President, PM use TL 747 million from discretionary funds in Q1
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have used a total of TL 747 million (around $170 million) from discretionary funds...
German Minister: Turkish intelligence collecting information on opponents
The German province of North Rhine-Westphalia’s (NRW) Interior Minister Herbert Reul said Turkish Intelligence Organisation (MİT) have been collecting information about the opponents of the...
Turkish court imposes travel ban on CHP deputy Erdem following indictment
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Eren Erdem, who was not included on his party’s nomination list for the June 24 general...
No demotion for Turkish prosecutor under investigation for misconduct
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has failed to demote a prosecutor who is under investigation for his alleged links to a criminal...
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