Jury finds Turkey’s Atilla guilty on 5 counts in US sanctions evasion scheme
The jury in the trial of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive of Turkey’s Halkbank charged with participating in a scheme to evade US sanctions...
Arrest warrant issued for football star Hakan Şükür for insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
An arrest warrant has been issued for renowned Turkish international soccer player Hakan Şükür for insulting Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his...
European leaders condemn Turkey’s actions in Mediterranean
European leaders are set to strongly condemn Turkey’s “illegal actions” toward Greece and Cyprus in a blistering denunciation to be released on Thursday that...
Azeri billionaire Mansimov gave Turkey’s Erdoğan $25 mln oil tanker in 2008
An Azeri billionaire secretly purchased a $25 million oil tanker for then-Prime Minister and Turkey's current autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in 2008, according...
CHP presidential candidate İnce visits rival Demirtaş in Turkish prison
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce on Wednesday visited pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and presidential candidate Selahattin...
Social media post condemning anti-Erdoğan Belgian-Turkish candidate sparks debate
As local Belgian elections approach, the post of a Facebook page titled “AK Parti Belçika” (Justice and Development Party Belgium) calling on Turks...
Turkish court rules to re-detain 12 lawyers one day after releasing them
A Turkish court that had ruled for the release of 17 lawyers, most of whom have been imprisoned since September 2017 on accusations of...
Security footage confirms major’s testimony that he notified MİT of coup attempt in Turkey
Newly revealed security camera footage confirms the timing in the testimony of a major, O.K. who claims he notified Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT)...
Ankara Governor’s Office bans all demonstrations, public events for a month
The Governor’s Office of Turkey's capital city Ankara has announced that all demonstrations and public events are prohibited for a month in Ankara, the...
Turkish gov’t seizes pro-Kurdish paper Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, detains 21
Turkish authorities have taken control of the pro-Kurdish Özgürlükçü Demokrasi newspaper on the grounds that it has links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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