CHP leader says prison cell prepared for CHP deputy Berberoğlu before court ruling
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Monday said three prison cells were prepared in İstanbul’s Maltepe Prison for CHP...
Jailed media designer Yazıcı detained for slandering al-Qaeda-affiliated group
Fevzi Yazıcı, a leading media designer in Turkey, was detained on Dec. 8, 2017 over allegedly plotting against an al-Qaeda linked Turkish group called...
Germany searches for Turkey’s most wanted alleged coup suspect Adil Öksüz
Germany has reportedly launched an investigation against Adil Öksüz, one of the alleged masterminds behind the controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016 amid...
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...
Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu’s attacks and humiliation targeting EU persist
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said on Tuesday that the European Union (EU) is falling apart. He said the EU was founded in an...
RSF: Jailed Turkish journalists soon to be stigmatised by obligatory uniform
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has made a statement on Thursday and stated that is has appalled by a new Turkish decree under which detainees accused...
Turkish government releases another German citizen from prison
Turkish government has released another German citizen, David Britsch, who was jailed arbitrarily by Turkish authorities as the 55-year-old was on the way of...
Qatari police detain Turkish family members allegedly linked to Gülen movement
The Qatari police have detained five members of a Turkish family who are allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement while the family was...
Turkey’s Education Minister calls on African ambassadors to have Gülen schools closed
Turkey's Islamist Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz has called on ambassadors of African countries to have their governments close schools affiliated with the faith-based Gülen...
4 MEPs call for urgent release of university students arrested over Boğaziçi protests
Four members of the European Parliament have demanded that two students from İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University arrested for participating in protests be released immediately, according...
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