Turkish court requests red notices for journalists Can Dündar and İlhan Tanır
A Turkish court on Tuesday requested Interpol Red Notices for critical journalists Can Dündar and İlhan Tanır, both living in exile, on espionage charges,...
Turkish prosecutor summons 25 more people as potential witnesses in Khashoggi murder case
A Turkish prosecutor has summoned 25 more people as potential witnesses in the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate General...
Turkish gov’t detains 36 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 36 people on Friday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement.
Police detained...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens after detention warrants issued for 85 people over alleged links...
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained dozens of people following the issuance of detention warrants for 85 suspects, mostly military officers, across Turkey as...
Anchor admits Fox TV avoided broadcasting Turkish opposition deputy’s speech
Turkey’s Fox TV anchor Fatih Portakal on Monday admitted that they had avoided broadcasting an opposition deputy’s speech in parliament due to fear of...
Turkish police detain peace petition academic Cenk Yiğiter in Ankara
Turkish police detained academic Dr. Cenk Yiğiter on Friday and are reportedly holding him at the counterterrorism branch of the Ankara Police Department.
Yiğiter was...
Turkey’s purged doctors to be able to work at private hospitals as AKP backtracks...
Thousands of doctors who have been fired from their jobs at state-run hospitals as part of a massive purge launched by Turkey’s Justice and...
Abducted by Turkish intelligence in Baku, Gülenist teacher put in pre-trial detention in Ankara:...
Mehmet Gelen, a Turkish teacher who was reportedly abducted in Baku early on Saturday morning, turns out to have been forcibly returned to...
Prosecutor investigates deputy over terrorism for failing to condemn speech
A prosecutor in Diyarbakır recently launched an investigation into human rights activist and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on suspicion of...
Turkish prosecutor asks parliament to lift main opposition leader’s immunity
An Ankara prosecutor in a summary of proceedings from the Ministry of Justice has asked parliament for removal of the immunity from prosecution of...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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