Turkish nationalist group prays at İstanbul’s Hagia Sophia amid Jerusalem tension
Amid tension due to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Dec. 6, members of the Alperen Ocakları, an offshoot...
Senegalese students worried over transfer of Gülen-affiliated schools to Turkey’s Islamist Maarif Foundation
Parents of Senegalese children attending schools run by followers of the Gülen (Hizmet) movement, which was inspired by moderate views of US-based Turkish Muslim...
Turkish Gov’t detained 699 people over alleged links to Gülen movement in a week
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Turkish prosecutor demands aggravated life sentences for journalist Ilıcak and Altan brothers
Turkish prosecutor has demanded aggravated life imprisonment on Monday for prominent author and journalists Ahmet Altan, his academic brother Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak...
Turkish government building 228 new prisons
The Turkish Ministry of Justice plans to build 228 new prisons with a capacity of 137,687 in the next five years, Gazete Duvar reported.
In...
Veteran Turkish Journalist Hasan Cemal: A case where universal principles of law forgotten
By Hasan Cemal (*)
İstanbul's Silivri Prison, December 8, 2017. It is 10:35.
The case of Zaman daily writers.
They come in single row again, the gendarmerie...
Turkey at EU’s ‘grey list’ over its deficiencies on tax evasion, tax avoidance measures
Turkey is at the "grey list" of 44 countries that European Union (EU) has defined as they will have to take measures against tax evasion...
Turkey’s Erdoğan: Israel is a terrorist state, Trump’s decision is null and void
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday continued to criticize US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, saying Israel is...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says he stands with the oppressed of the world
As he continues a massive purge and witch-hunt against his opponents, Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a message for Human Rights...
New York Times: Turkey no safe zone for foreign political dissidents
The murder of Syrian mother-daughter activists Halla and Orouba Barakat in İstanbul highlights a growing fear among foreign political dissidents, especially women, that they aren’t...
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