President Erdoğan: Opposition has polluted Turkish Parliament
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is also the leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), accused the main opposition Republican People’s...
Turkish court arrests 132 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
One hundred thirty-two out of 221 military officers who were detained by Turkish police across Turkey in an İstanbul-based probe were arrested by a...
Lawyers for Turkey’s jailed Kurdish presidential candidate apply to ECtHR
Lawyers for Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed presidential candidate of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...
Turkish court rules for continued imprisonment of Kurdish politician Demirtaş
The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court on Tuesday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained and jailed dozens of people, including military officers, on Monday as part of a massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Turkish-German humor writer Taş deported from Turkey for looking ‘suspicious’
Bülent Taş, a Turkish-German humor writer and theater director, was deported from Turkey after he was kept in police custody for two days on...
Turkish journalists facing terror accusations deny charges as trial nears end
The trial of 29 journalists charged with alleged membership in "a terrorist organisation" resumed in İstanbul on Thursday, with the journalists denying the charges...
JWF: The habitus of silencing journalists in Turkey have no limits
The Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has stated that the habitus of silencing journalists in Turkey does not have any limits, in a statement...
Turkish court sentences singer, actress Olcay to 10 months in prison for ‘insulting Erdoğan’
Turkish singer and actress Zuhal Olcay has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for “insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan” by İstanbul's 46th...
Turkish prosecutor demands confiscation of billion-dollar Boydak Holding over Gülen links
The Kayseri Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has demanded confiscation of Boydak Holding and its related companies for giving financial support to the Gülen movement,...
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