Turkey moves to strip pro-Kurdish party of funding
Turkey’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to strip the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) of government funding over its alleged links to outlawed militants,...
Turkish court acquits hip hop artist Ezhel of all charges
Turkish rapper Ömer Sercan İpekçioğlu, popularly known as Ezhel, was acquitted of charges of encouraging drug use at the first hearing of his trial...
Inmates punished for cartoon allegedly insulting Turkish President Erdoğan in prison publication
Six inmates in a prison in the northwestern province of Bolu have been given 10 days of solitary confinement as punishment for allegedly insulting...
OPINION – Talking Turkey, Islamism, and Genocide on Capitol Hill
By Winfield Myers*
Will Turkey’s current hostility toward the West be long-lived, as is post-revolutionary Iran’s, or will it fade with the inevitable demise of...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 146 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 281 social media accounts and taken legal action against 146 users over the last week (Aug.20-Aug. 27) on accusations...
World physicians demand release of Turkish medical professionals in letter to Erdoğan
Physicians from prominent international medical associations have in a letter called for the immediate release of 11 members of the Turkish Medical Association’s (TTB,...
As PM Yıldırım talks about ‘Turkey’s democracy’, ban on Wikipedia streamed in caption
As Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım was giving an interview to BBC World News on Turkey's democratic credentials, a caption streamed simultaneously saying that "Wikipedia...
Jailed Zaman columnist Alkan seen with wife in first photo from Turkish prison
A photo of Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist from the now-closed Zaman daily, with his wife during an open visit at Silivri Prison, where...
Turkish court sentences singer to 12 months in prison for allegedly insulting Erdoğan in...
Composer Erdal Güney was sentenced by a Turkish court to nearly 12 months in prison for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a...
Erdoğan harassed top court judges over removal of freeze on HDP funds: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan telephoned some members of Turkey’s Constitutional Court earlier this month to account for their decision to remove a freeze...
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Throughout the year Turkey continued...
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Sippenhaft, also known as...