Turkish gov’t puts property of 5 shuttered media outlets up for sale
Turkey’s Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put property belonging to five media outlets that were closed down by the Turkish government in the...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 88 more military personnel over Gülen links
The Amasya and Muğla chief prosecutor’s offices have issued detention warrants for 88 soldiers of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting people...
Turkish gov’t jails teacher Semra Çakır and her 2-year-old daughter to blackmail husband
The latest victim of the Turkish government's tactic of guilt by association with the purpose of blackmail is Semra Çakır, a 41-year-old teacher, and...
Turkish gov’t detains at least 61, including Gülen’s nephew, over links to Gülen movement
Turkish governement has detained at least 61 people, including Selman Gülen who is a nephew of the US-based Turkish-Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen on Wednesday...
Deputy PM says 966 companies, 4,888 assets seized from Gülen affiliated people
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that the government has seized 966 companies from people allegedly linked to the Gülen movement...
Turkey’s Islamist Erdoğan has closed-door meeting with US Jewish representatives
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday had a closed-door meeting with representatives of US Jewish organizations in New York, the Cumhuriyet daily...
Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences to 41 defendants in İBB phase of coup...
A high criminal court in İstanbul has handed down aggravated life sentences to 41 defendants due to their alleged role in the occupation of...
Turkish gov’t investigates 39,000 social media users, detains over 3,000 of them in 2017
Turkish government has investigated more than 39,000 social media users and detained more than 3,000 social media users and Turkish courts have arrested over...
Presidents of bar associations call for release of lawyers on death fast
The presidents of nine bar associations including those in Turkey’s largest cities of İstanbul, Ankara and İzmir in a video message called for the...
A Turkish diplomat couple disappears in Greek city of Thessaloniki
A Turkish diplomat couple working in Greece has disappeared, state-run Anadolu news agency reported by basing on an anonymous diplomatic source on Saturday by...
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