Turkish gov’t jails ‘Doctor of the Year’ as ‘terrorist’ over alleged Gülen links
Turkish government has jailed Assoc. Professor Dr. Mustafa Emmiler, who was rewarded as 'Doctor of the Year' by the Governor of Antalya province and who...
Turkish court gives prison sentences to journalists, media workers in Feza Gazetecilik trial
An İstanbul court during the fourth hearing on Monday handed down verdicts to 20 Turkish journalists and media employees in a trial concerning Feza...
Turkish citizens who fled to Sweden will feel unsafe if Stockholm fails to abide...
Middle East/North Africa (MENA) and Turkey analyst from Sweden Bitte Hammergren said in a series of tweets on Monday that it is very important...
HDP’s presidential candidate Demirtas vows to end one-man rule in Turkey
Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has vowed to end one-man rule in Turkey.
Demirtaş's manifesto for the June...
Administrative court in Turkey reinstates dismissed ‘Peace Academic’
The Ankara 21st Administrative Court on Monday announced its decision to reinstate academic Dinçer Demirkent, who was dismissed from his job by an emergency...
COMMENTARY — Iranian intelligence drives a wedge between Turkey and NATO
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Tapping in on the growing outcry in Turkish public opinion about the US embassy move to Jerusalem, Iranian proxy groups operating in...
Germany uneasy with DİTİB’s endorsement of Turkish military’s Afrin offensive
The German government has expressed concern about the Turkish government’s efforts to exert political influence in mosques linked to the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious...
İYİ Party leader’s advisor arrested by Turkish court over alleged Gülen links
Kerim Çoraklık, head of the communications team of the opposition İYİ Party and an advisor to the party’s leader, Meral Akşener, who was detained...
Judge on Turkey’s top appeals court swept murder case under the rug: columnist
Yüksel Kocaman, a controversial figure and member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, has been accused of throwing out a murder case during his...
Turkish dean dismissed after allowing opposition candidate onto Cerrahpaşa campus
Alaattin Duran, the dean of İstanbul University's Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, was removed from his job several hours after Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...
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