Detention warrants issued in large-scale probe into activist social media accounts in Turkey
The İstanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office has started to issue detention warrants in a massive investigation into social media accounts run by activists posting on...
Turkish government to collect 518 textbooks over Gülen paranoia
Turkish Education Ministry has decided to collect and revise 518 different textbooks over the paranoia on the Gülen movement with the claim to clear...
Turkish FM confesses NBA player Kanter’s world tour disrupted in post-coup crackdown
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said NBA player Enes Kanter’s world tour was disrupted as part of the government’s post-coup crackdown against the alleged...
Barcelona’s Turkish player indicted for sexual harassment, possessing unregistered gun
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday indicted Barcelona football star Arda Turan on charges of sexual harassment and possessing an unregistered firearm,...
ECtHR judge: Flood of applications from Turkey could block the court
Işıl Karakaş, a Turkish judge serving at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said on Thursday that an increased number of applications from...
Turkey will refrain from providing further information on Kavala case to OHCHR
A letter recently sent by the Turkish Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for...
Forty academics from Istanbul University charged with terror over alleged Gülen links
Forty Istanbul University academics, who have been accused of terrorism over alleged links to Gülen movement, appeared in an İstanbul court on Tuesday.
Ten out...
Turkish gov’t confiscates 2,500 schools, dismisses 30,000 teachers over Gülen links
Turkish Education Ministry Undersecretary Yusuf Tekin on Sunday said they have completed a purge of Gülen movement members and institutions in his ministry, the...
Former Zaman columnist Ünal faces 2 consecutive life sentences in Turkey
Ali Ünal, a 62-year-old journalist and writer who used to write columns for the government-closed Zaman newspaper, faces 2 aggravated life sentences and additional...
Turkish gov’t detains 23 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 23 people last week (Aug.20-Aug.27) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
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