Turkey’s CHP questions increase in allowable ammunition possession from 200 to 1,000 rounds
Mehmet Tüm, a deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Saturday criticized the Turkish Interior Ministry’s decision to increase the amount...
Jailed main Turkish opposition deputy Berberoğlu: I have been isolated for a year
Elis Berberoğlu, a jailed deputy from Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), complained of isolation in prison to Pınar Türenç, head of the...
Turkish lawyer detained, beaten and abandoned by ‘police’
Turkish lawyer Burak Mengü, the brother of journalist and renowned TV news presenter Nevşin Mengü and the son of a former parliamentarian from Turkey's...
Turkish university orders staff to participate in Erdoğan’s party meeting
The administration of Turkey’s Dicle University called on all staff members to participate in a meeting to be attended by autocratic Turkish President Recep...
Turkish lawyer Altıparmak: Alpay decision tactical move to avoid ECtHR rulings
Turkish human rights lawyer and academic Kerem Altıparmak said on Saturday that a Constitutional Court decision and subsequent release of veteran journalist Şahin Alpay...
Jailed Turkish art director Yazıcı: Your Honor, I have an objection to the design...
Jailed Turkish journalist Fevzi Yazıcı, art director of the now-closed Turkish daily Zaman who was handed down an aggravated life sentence by a Turkish...
Turkish court accepts indictment seeking 35 years in prison for Pastor Brunson
An indictment that demands 35 years in prison for American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey since October 2016, was accepted...
At least 15 dead as migrant boat sinks in Aegean Sea off Greek island
Fifteen people, including at least five children, drowned on Saturday when the small boat in which they were traveling capsized in the Aegean Sea,...
Turkish court: Journalists Altan brothers, Ilıcak, Yazıcı, 2 others co-perpetrators in coup attempt
The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court on March 16, 2018 issued its reasoned decision in a trial in which six defendants, including journalist and...
Local head of Turkey’s ruling AKP appointed as trustee for 7 seized companies in...
Mahmut Birlik, vice chairman of the Gaziantep branch of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by autocratic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has...
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