Critical CNN Türk journalist parts ways with station
Journalist Nevşin Mengü, known for her critical stance towards the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
EU cuts funds for Turkey’s membership bid as a solid warning to Ankara over...
The European Union is set to cut up to 175 million euros for Turkey in 2018 that are linked to Ankara’s stalled bid to...
French journalist awaiting deportation from Turkey begins hunger strike
French photojournalist Mathias Depardon, who was detained on May 8 after photographing the local scenery in Turkey’s southeastern Batman province and is waiting for...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 292 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 402 social media accounts and taken legal action against 292 users over the last week (Aug. 6-Aug. 13) on...
Erdoğan says European Union gives 12-month calendar to Turkey
Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the European Union (EU) has drawn up a 12-month calendar to push Turkey’s EU membership process ahead,...
HDP deputy Şık attacked by deputies from Turkey’s ruling AKP during speech in Parliament
Ahmet Şık, a deputy from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was attacked by a group of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies...
Police cybercrime unit monitoring 45 million social media accounts in Turkey
The Turkish National Police’s anti-cybercrime department is monitoring some 45 million social media users in the country for possible criminal activity committed through the...
Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences to 7 military officers over transfer of cadets...
Seven out of 16 military officers who stood trial for the transfer of Turkish Air Force Academy cadets from Yalova to İstanbul on the...
In an AKP meeting in Düsseldorf, Turkish PM Yıldırım accuses Germany of ‘harboring terrorists’
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Saturday accused Germany and other European countries of harboring “terrorist organizations.”
“Unfortunately, terrorist organizations are allowed to swarm around...
Report: Turkish police tortured suspect, threatened to rape wife in Ramadan
A Turkish man jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement was reportedly tortured under custody while police threatened to rape his wife during...
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