Justice Ministry formed committees to identify employees with Gülen links, official document reveals
An official document shared on Twitter by a former prosecutor showed how the Turkish Justice Ministry formed committees to identify employees with links to...
Turkey blocks access to German daily Bild’s website
Access to the German daily BILD’s website has been blocked by the Turkish government, several media outlets reported on Wednesday.
The decision came after BILD...
Woman whose family died fleeing Turkey detained over Gülen links
Gülfem Yeni, whose husband and two children died two years ago in the Aegean Sea while fleeing oppression in Turkey, was detained on Friday...
Turkey seizes all assets of İpek Family
A Turkish court on Tuesday has ordered the seizure of all assets of Turkish businessman Akın İpek, his mother, Melek İpek and other members...
Government assistance to disabled woman cut off after father’s arrest
Financial assistance paid by the Turkish government to the family of Nurbanu Aydın, a 29-year-old “spastic quadriplegia cerebral palsy” patient, was cut off after...
Bedridden mother dies after daughter arrested over links to Gülen movement
Eighty-six-year-old bedridden Fahriye Asrak died on Thursday after her daughter Nejla Akdağ was arrested by a court over links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Dozens of academics detained in anti-Gülen operation at Turkey’s Namık Kemal University
Turkish police teams on Friday detained dozens of academics and staff members including deputy rectors and professors at the Tekirdağ-based Namık Kemal University due...
Europa Nostra condemns, NGOs protest relocation of Turkey’s historical Hasankeyf
As the Board of Europa Nostra deeply deplores the decision of the Turkish government to build a dam that would lead to flooding of...
Turkish gov’t confiscates assets of Zarrab, close relatives amid his confessions in US
Turkish government has decided to seize all assets of Reza Zarrab and his close relatives over spying charges as part of the ongoing probe launched by...
Kurdish party in Turkey refuses to drop ‘Kurdistan’ from name
Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), a small faction with no parliamentary representation in Turkey, on Saturday once again refused a warning by Turkish judicial authorities...
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