Turkey hands down life sentences to 121 more defendants in coup trials: report
An Ankara court on Friday handed down life sentences to 121 defendants in connection with the attempted overthrow of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish Armenian intellectual escapes from prison: The bird has flown
Sevan Nişanyan, a Turkish intellectual of Armenian origin who was imprisoned on Dec. 2, 2014 for “construction infractions,” announced in a tweet on Friday...
Turkish PM: We did not ask US for evidence of Sept. 11
Amid reports that Turkey may have offered $15 million to a former adviser of US President Donald Trump to illegally remove Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen...
German police carry out nationwide raids on Erdoğanist Turkish gang
Hundreds of police officers have taken part in raids across Germany targeting the Osmanen Germania boxing club, an ultranationalist pro-Erdoğan gang that German officials...
Turkey’s main opposition party takes sale of Doğan media to Competition Authority
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed a complaint with the Competition Authority regarding the recent sale of the Doğan Media Group...
EU-sponsored ‘The Handbook on Prisoners’ Rights’ not allowed in Turkish prisons
"The Handbook on Prisoners’ Rights", a guide for inmates to protect their rights in jail which was published by the contributions of the European...
Mother and son demanding fair trial continue protest at courthouse in southeastern Turkey
Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar are continuing their protest in front of the Şanlıurfa Courthouse in southeastern Turkey to seek justice for...
Mother of hunger striking teacher detained by police in Ankara
Nine protesters, including the mother of Semih Özakça, were detained in Ankara by police on Thursday during a solidarity protest with dismissed teacher Özakça...
NBA star Kanter gets weekly death threats due to criticism of Turkey’s Erdoğan
New York Knicks’ center Enes Kanter, who just opted in to his final year of an $18.6 million contract with the team, has told...
Turkish police detain 3 İstanbul airport construction workers for protesting late shuttles
Three more workers from İstanbul’s new airport construction site were arrested on Friday because they were protesting delayed rush hour shuttles, the Evrensel daily...
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