Turkish court bans pro-kurdish HDP’s referendum campaign billboards

A court in Turkey’s Şanlıurfa province has banned pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) billboards prepared to promote a “no” campaign for a referendum to...

Diyanet imams spied on Gülen sympathizers in Romania

A report published by The Black Sea news website on Saturday revealed that imams from Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) spied on people sympathetic...

Turkey’s PM Yıldırım says Gülen movement was behind arrest of Halkbank’s Atilla in US

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Saturday said the faith-based Gülen movement was responsible for the detention of Halkbank Deputy General Manager Mehmet Hakan Atilla...

Turkish government detains journalist again 2 days after release

Former Zaman journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya has been taken into custody again two days after he was released from an-eight-month-long imprisonment on Saturday. Zaman’s former local...

262 Turkish diplomatic, military personnel request asylum in Germany

A total of 262 Turkish diplomatic and military personnel have applied for political asylum in Germany, Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. According to the...

Turkey locks up 228 journalists, a new world record

The number of jailed journalists in Turkey has reached to 228, a new world record, as the massive crackdown on the free, independent and...

75 civilians jailed over alleged coup involvement in four cities

At least 75 civilians have been sent by Turkish courts to jail in four major Turkish provinces over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş ends hunger strike after promises from prison administration

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP Hakkari deputy Abdullah Zeydan, who began a hunger strike in Edirne Prison on Thursday...

Re-arrest of 21 journalists casts further shadow over independence of Turkish judiciary

The independence and impartiality of the Turkish judiciary has begun to be questioned once again after an İstanbul court decided to release 21 journalists...

21 re-detained journalists taken to police HQ in İstanbul

All 21 journalists who were arrested again early on Saturday, hours after being released pending trial on Friday, were taken to police headquarters after...

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