Turkish coup suspect colonel says ‘putschists’ planes’ took off on MİT orders
Staff Lt. Col. Hakan Karakuş, one of the suspects in an ongoing trial concerning a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, has said...
Former governor given 7,5-year jail sentence over his alleged links to Gülen movement
An Ankara court has handed down prison sentence of 7 years 6 months to former Bitlis governor Veysel Yurdakul on charges of membership in...
Turkish court releases coup suspect general on probation
An Antalya court on Wednesday ruled for the release of former Antalya 3rd Infantry Training Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Mustafa Kaya, who has been...
US Senate committee chairman asks if Turkey has become too dangerous for foreigners to...
Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, on Wednesday questioned whether or not it’s safe for foreigners to...
US charges former Turkish minister, 3 others with conspiring to evade sanctions on Iran
The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Wednesday the filing of a superseding indictment charging former Turkish Economy...
Turkey’s Erdoğan says main opposition CHP similar to terrorist groups
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that Turkey is unfortunate in that it has an incompetent main opposition party that is...
49-member team to report to Turkey’s Erdoğan on Gülen-linked trials
A group of 49 people, nine experts from Turkey’s State Inspection Council (DDK) and 40 key advisers of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Dozens of people detained by Turkish gov’t over their alleged use of ByLock and...
Turkish government has continued massive post-coup witch hunt campaign targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement with dozens of detentions on Wednesday.
Police teams...
Turkish government does not allow jailed pro-Kurdish politician to attend his mother’s funeral
Muhsin Kunur, a pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member and the former mayor of Şırnak’s Silopi district, who has been in prison over terror...
Turkish gov’t selling properties of 9 media outlets including Yeni Hayat, Meydan, Yarına Bakış...
Properties belonging to nine of the media outlets that the Turkish government seized under post-coup emergency rule have been put up for sale by...
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Turkey's record on torture and ill-treatment continued to deteriorate in 2025, despite its commitments under international human rights conventions.
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