Pakistan government deports abducted Kaçmaz Family to Turkey
Turkish teacher Mesut Kaçmaz and his family, who were abducted from their home at a midnight in Lahore on September 27, were reportedly deported...
Turkey arrests 8 lawyers, detains 30 teachers and seizes 5 companies on Friday
Eight lawyers were arrested by an İzmir court on Friday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement on the grounds that they allegedly...
Former AKP deputy, founder join CHP’s ‘March of Justice’ in Turkey
On the second day of a “March of Justice” launched by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) on Thursday in protest of the...
Turkish conscript in 5th day of military service given 14 life sentences on coup...
The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court handed down aggravated life sentences to 41 defendants on Friday, among them Ahmet Özdemir, who was fulfilling his...
Turkey arrests jailed journalist Karayeğen’s daughter, aged 23, over “terror” charges
Zeliha Esra Karayeğen, the 23-year-old daughter of jailed journalist İbrahim Karayeğen was put in pre-trial arrest on charge of membership to a terrorist organization...
Turkish government gives Aslı Erdoğan back her seized passport
Turkish writer Aslı Erdoğan, who was released from prison on Dec. 29, 2016 after 132 days in jail due to links to the pro-Kurdish...
Turkish gov’t detains dozens of people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Some 50 people were detained by police across Turkey on Thursday as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members...
Jailed Zaman columnist Alkan seen with wife in first photo from Turkish prison
A photo of Ahmet Turan Alkan, a columnist from the now-closed Zaman daily, with his wife during an open visit at Silivri Prison, where...
Erdoğan: Turkey to freeze assets of 2 US Cabinet secretaries in retaliation for sanctions
Turkey will freeze the assets of two United States Cabinet secretaries in retaliation for Washington's sanctions on Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on...
Turkish gov’t detains İstanbul lawyer over her social media posts
Lawyer Sibel Sevinç Deveci has been detained due to social media posts deemed to be propaganda on behalf of the faith-based Gülen movement.
Deveci was...
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