Turkish gov’t detains pastry shop owner, 20 other businessmen over alleged Gülen links
Twenty-one businessmen including Mehmet Tahir Sekizkardeş, the owner of the Görgülü pastry shop chain, were detained on Thursday over their alleged links to the...
YSK announces opposition İYİ Party excluded from Turkey’s snap elections
Turkey's Higher Board of Elections (YSK) has sent a letter to the Justice Ministry saying that the recently established İYİ Party cannot participate in...
Turkish journalist Erdoğdu appeals for help as new abduction list appears in Ukrainian media
Yunus Erdoğdu, a Kiev-based Turkish journalist, has called for help as a list of 10 people including him was published in the Ukrainian media...
PACE rapporteur again calls on Turkey to implement ECtHR rulings after monitoring visit
Stefan Schennach, one of the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Turkey’s obligations and commitments,...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 8 people over alleged exam fraud
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention warrants for eight alleged members of the Gülen movement for their alleged involvement in police...
Former AKP mayor of Kurdish city arrested on bribery charges
A former mayor from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who replaced a democratically elected district mayor in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeast in...
Mother of three jailed by Turkish gov’t over links to Gülen movement
Ayşe Elibol, a mother of three, was arrested by a Turkish court in Kırşehir province as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch...
Turkish lawyer reveals illegal police surveillance of former prisoner
A Turkish lawyer has claimed that the police have been illegally monitoring the daily activities of a former inmate who had previously been imprisoned...
Danish court rejects extradition of alleged PKK executive due to Turkish torture of prisoners
A Danish court decided on Wednesday to release a Kurdish man who was claimed by the Turkish government to be an executive of the...
Turkey’s main opposition leader says expelled educators on hunger strike being forced to die
Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has broken his silence about two educators who went on a hunger strike...
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