Turkish court rejects appeal for release for hunger-striking educator
A Turkish court in Ankara rejected an appeal for the release of Nuriye Gülmen, who has been detained for six months on a terror...
Turkish gov’t closes 5 more schools over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkey’s Education Ministry closed down five more private schools as part of an administrative investigation targeting the Gülen movement as part of Turkish government's...
Turkish prosecutor launches investigation against US’ Bharara, Kim, others
The İstanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) re, former...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says NATO enemy chart made by ‘vile’ people
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said a NATO enemy chart incident was caused by vile people, adding that the issue cannot...
Gülen-inspired JWF reiterates its call for int’l community to establish a committee to investigate...
The Journalist and Writers Foundation (JWF), affiliated with the Gülen movement, that has been widely and systematically persecuted by Turkish government, has called inter-governmental organisations...
Seriously ill 81-year-old Turkish man ordered to remain in prison on coup charges
A Turkish court on Friday ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of 81-year-old Mustafa Türk, who suffers from debilitating health problems.
Türk was taken into...
Turkish court rules for ‘bankruptcy’ of Gülen movement affiliated Bank Asya
The Commercial Court of First Instance in İstanbul ruled late Friday for the bankruptcy of private lender Bank Asya, which had its banking license...
AI launches campaign protesting trial of Turkish activists on trumped-up ‘terrorism’ charges
Stefan Simanowitz, Amnesty International’s media director for Europe, has launched a campaign on Twitter protesting the trial of AI Turkey Chair Taner Kılıç, Director...
His daughter pleads for help for jailed Turkish journalist Çetinkaya, citing serious health concerns
Rahime Gül Çetinkaya has begged for help for her father, veteran journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya, who faces the risk of death from serious health complications...
Turkish gov’t sentences two Kurdish journalists to ten months in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced two Kurdish journalists to 10 months in prison for publishing a statement made by a Kurdish separatist organisation Kurdistan...
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