Turkey did not obtain Khashoggi recording through surveillance: minister
Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on Monday said that Turkey did not obtain an audio recording related to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at...
Turkish police torture brother of a human rights lawyer in Southeast Anatolia
A Turkish human rights lawyer has reported the torture of his brother under custody of anti-terror police in the southeastern city of Şanlıurfa, Cumhuriyet newspaper reported on...
Turkish gov’t critic arrested shortly after his release
A Turkish court on Saturday morning ordered the rearrest of Alparslan Kuytul, chairman of a religious foundation in Turkey, after the prosecutor appealed a...
Turkey orders detention of 1,112 people in one day as part of crackdown
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday ordered the detention of 1,112 people as part of a massive crackdown targeting followers of the...
Turkey referred to UN Security Council over arrested judge of UN legal panel
Turkey is infringing the judicial independence of a United Nations (UN) war crimes tribunal by holding one of its judges in prison despite an...
Lawyers denied access to abducted men now in police custody: Ankara Bar Association
The Ankara Bar Association on Thursday released a statement reporting that four Gülen followers who turned up in police custody after being missing since...
Seventeen int’l press freedom groups condemn raid on pro-Kurdish daily
Seventeen international press freedom groups have called on Turkish authorities to immediately release 12 printing plant workers and staff arrested on March 28 at...
562,581 people investigated, 91,000 arrested over Gülen links since coup attempt
Turkish prosecutors have investigated a total of 562,581 people while courts have arrested 91,610 individuals on allegations of terrorism due to their alleged links...
Appeals court overturns decision to lift travel ban on mother of cancer patient
A Turkish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a decision to revoke a travel restriction on the passport of Zekiye Ataç, the mother of an...
New gov’t bill paves the way for academic dismissals from universities
A new bill proposed by Turkey’s Islamist, ultranationalist government that will pave the way for academic dismissals from universities on accusations of disseminating terrorist...
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