Media worker who faces lifetime jail appears in Turkish court without a lawyer
A media worker who worked for a critical national newspaper has been finally brought to the court for a trial hearing after months of...
25 people in Kahramanmaraş, 9 police officers in Eskişehir detained over alleged links to...
Turkish police teams on Monday detained 25 people in Kahramanmaraş province on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock. It...
Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens Kosovo PM Haradinaj: You will pay the price for this
Autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticised Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Saturday for dismissing the country's interior minister and intelligence chief on...
Top military aide says he could have assassinated Erdoğan if he had wanted to
Ali Yazıcı, former top military aide of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a defendant in a trial of suspects accused of taking part...
Turkish woman detained for insulting Erdoğan in overheard conversation on bus
An Ankara woman identified only as M.A. was detained after being reported to police for allegedly insulting Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during...
Turkey’s outgoing chief justice says top court’s rulings are binding amid judicial crisis
Turkey’s outgoing chief justice, Zühtü Arslan, has stated emphatically that the decisions of the Constitutional Court are binding and must be followed, regardless of...
Former Bursa governor sentenced to 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links
Şahabettin Harput, a former Turkish governor of the western province of Bursa, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison over alleged links...
Turkish gov’t detained 786 people for opposing Afrin operation so far
Turkish government has detained at least 786 people over their critical stance against Turkish military operation in Afrin region of northern Syria so far,...
Turkish courts jail 44 more military officers over alleged Gülen links
Turkish courts ruled to jail at least 47 people, including 44 military officers on active duty, in İstanbul and Ankara as part of its massive...
Exhibition in EP exposes plight of Turkish journalists behind bars on World Press Freedom...
An exhibition at the initiative of three political groups in the European Parliament to mark the World Press Freedom Day features the plight of...
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