Turkish court says Pastor Brunson aided several terrorist organizations
A Turkish court that handed down a prison sentence of three years, one-and-a-half months to an American pastor Andrew Brunson has said in its...
Vice chair of Turkish Court of Accounts in charge of audits dismissed after report...
Fikret Çöker, vice chairman of the Court of Accounts (Sayıştay) who has documented and reported irregularities in state institutions, has been dismissed from his...
Turkish police detain peace petition academic Cenk Yiğiter in Ankara
Turkish police detained academic Dr. Cenk Yiğiter on Friday and are reportedly holding him at the counterterrorism branch of the Ankara Police Department.
Yiğiter was...
Switzerland deports Kurdish asylum seeker from Turkey to Brazil
Several Kurds stranded at Zürich Airport now fear deportation after Ramazan Turan, a Kurdish citizen of Turkey who sought asylum in Switzerland, was deported...
Former Bursa governor sentenced to 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links
Şahabettin Harput, a former Turkish governor of the western province of Bursa, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison over alleged links...
1,076 pro-NATO soldiers purged from Turkish military since end of state of emergency
A total of 1,076 military members have been dismissed due to alleged links to the Gülen movement since the end of a state of...
Enforced disappearance: 2 more men abducted by armed group in broad daylight in Ankara
Özgür Kaya and Yasin Ugan, both of Ankara, were reportedly abducted from their apartment building on Wednesday, with police saying they have no information...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s Erdoğan trades in influence at the Council of Europe
By Abdullah Bozkurt
It was certainly not surprising to see that Turkey, led by the corrupt government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was mentioned in...
Turkey dismisses 3 Kurdish mayors, detains hundreds on terrorism charges
The Turkish government on Monday appointed trustees to three municipalities in the predominantly Kurdish Southeast of Turkey, dismissing the newly elected mayors of Van, Mardin...
Turkish authorities change 400-year-old mosque’s name from ‘Kürtler’ to ‘Türkler’
Turkish authorities have changed the name of a 400-year-old mosque in Turkey's Kilis province from "Kürtler Camii" (the Mosque of Kurds) to "Türkler Camii"...
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