NBA star Enes Kanter’s father detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Friday detained Prof. Dr. Mehmet Kanter, father of NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter, who the government seeks to arrest...
UN judge Akay faces 15-years of jail term in Turkey over coup charges
Under arrest in Turkey for 8 months as part of a massive post-coup witch hunt targeting the alleged members of the Gülen movement, Aydın Sefa...
Germany revokes ‘lese majeste’ law after Erdoğan’s attempt to have satirist indicted
The German Bundestag on Friday revoked a law protecting heads of state and government from insults that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invoked...
Erdoğan’s security detail attack on DC protesters puts gun sale to Turkey at risk
The US sale to Turkey of $1.2 million in semiautomatic handguns for use by its security force appears to be in jeopardy due to...
Turkey’s army chief’s former advisor: Military ignored tip-offs about possible coup attempts twice
Col. Orhan Yıkılkan, a former chief advisor to Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, has said the General Staff received two tip-offs about...
Turkish police detain HDP deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir was detained in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Friday. Baydemir was released after giving...
UN urges Turkey to grant access to 3 Gülen followers detained in Malaysia
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The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged Turkey to confirm the whereabouts of three Turkish nationals who were detained in Malaysia at Ankara’s...
Turkish woman detained due to Gülen links shortly after delivery in Bursa
Elif Aslaner, a religious education teacher, who gave birth to a baby on Wednesday at a private hospital in Bursa, was detained due to...
Dozens of academics detained in anti-Gülen operation at Turkey’s Namık Kemal University
Turkish police teams on Friday detained dozens of academics and staff members including deputy rectors and professors at the Tekirdağ-based Namık Kemal University due...
VIDEO — Turkish police shot dismissed public servant Saçılık with hundreds of plastic bullets
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A video footage shows the moment Turkish police fired hundreds of plastic bullets at Veli Saçılık, a former political prisoner and public servant who...
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