Several injured as election office of Turkey’s main opposition CHP attacked in Konya
Several members of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) were injured when a group of unknown assailants attacked the party’s election office in...
Guards in SE Turkey prison allegedly beat inmates for exchanging greetings
Prison guards in Diyarbakır allegedly beat six inmates for greeting a fellow inmate on his way back to his cell from seeing visitors, the...
Convicted mafia godfather calls on Turkish people to support AKP-MHP alliance
A convicted mafia leader in Turkey has made an announcement from his prison cell calling on people to support the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)...
Diyanet sanctions imam for refusing to take congregation to Erdoğan rally
Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has reassigned and temporarily halted any possibility of promotion or pay increase for an imam for refusing to...
Pro-gov’t Turkish TV station airs ‘results’ 3 days before elections
A pro-government television station accidentally aired “results” showing the re-election of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with 53 percent of the vote in the...
Turkish businessman affiliated with Gülen movement abducted in Baku
Mustafa Ceyhan, a Turkish businessman allegedly affiliated with the Gülen mowement, was reportedly abducted in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku on Thursday as part...
Turkish court orders release of jailed journalist Mehmet Altan
An İstanbul Regional Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday for the release pending appeal of jailed journalist and prominent Turkish academic Mehmet Altan, who has been held...
Report: Turkey’s MİT abducts Turkish businessman from Sudan
Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has abducted a Gülen movement-affiliated businessman from Sudan, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Monday.
According to the news...
Turkish publicist arrested over election comment on social media
Hakan Aykut Nili, an advertising publicist, was arrested last week for a comment made on social media about the results of the June 24...
3 detained Turkish educators and their families handed over to Turkey by Gabon
Three Turkish educators and their families who were arbitrarily detained in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, were handed over to Turkish officials and taken...
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