‘Coup’ trial for Turkey’s prominent journalists starts today
Seventeen suspects, including Turkey’s renowned journalists Nazlı Ilıcak, Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, are ready to appear before an İstanbul court on Monday for...
Turkey blocks access to four more opposition media outlets
Ahead of critical voting on April 16 over constitutional change to the regime from parliamentary democracy to executive presidency for one-man-rule access to the...
Mother and son phone conversation reveals Turkish guardians in murder of Kurdish prisoner
A telephone conversation regarding 40-year old Kurdish prisoner in Balıkesir’s Kepsut prison beaten to within an inch of his life has revealed recently that...
Romanian police seize passport upon Turkey’s demand
Romanian police on March 25 seized the passport of Soner Cesur, a Turkish businessman with investments in Romania upon a demand made by the...
Turkish court rules for continuation of pretrial detention of jailed Zaman journalists
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Friday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of 19 journalists, former employees of the Zaman...
Former AKP deputy Uzun arrested over alleged Gülen links
Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) Mersin deputy Ahmet Tevfik Uzun, who was detained on Monday morning as part of an operation targeting the...
Presidential decree authorizes State Audit Board to inspect NGOs in Turkey
Turkey’s State Audit Board (DDK) has been authorized by a presidential decree to inspect nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) along with their affiliates and partnerships, the...
Turkish gov’t detains 1358, jails 381 over alleged coup involvement in last 15 days
A huge post coup witch hunt by Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being...
Amnesty protests arrest of 2 members in front of Turkish embassies
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Amnesty International members have protested the detention and arrest in Turkey of İdil Eser and Taner Kılıç, both of AI, in front of Turkish...
Turkish officials remove Arabic signs in İstanbul district densely populated by Syrian refugees
Officials from the Esenyurt Municipality in İstanbul on Friday removed signs in Arabic from district shops, in a neighborhood densely populated by Syrian refugees,...
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