Turkish academic seeks to enter university as student after post-coup dismissal
A former research assistant at Ankara University’s faculty of law, Cenk Yiğiter, found a way to get around a post-coup witch hunt, as he...
Germany launches investigation into Diyanet’s Keskin
The Office of the Federal Prosecutor of Germany has launched an investigation into Halife Keskin, the foreign relations general manager of Turkey’s Religious Affairs...
Turkey bans all services of Periscope weeks before crucial referendum
A Turkish court on Friday banned all services of Periscope, a live video broadcasting platform owned by Twitter popularly used by opposition deputies, several...
Tillerson meets wife of US pastor jailed over alleged Gülen links
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with the wife of a jailed American pastor, Andrew Brunson in Ankara late on March 30, a...
Detention warrants issued for 90 military members over Gülen links
The Tekirdağ Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 90 soldiers of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting people claimed to have...
VIDEO — Erdoğan supporter threatens critics: You will soon die
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A supporter of Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened critics on a public bus in Istanbul, saying that all people opposed to him...
An İstanbul court decides to release 21 jailed journalists
An İstanbul court, on Friday, has decided to release 21 out of 29 journalists who have been standing trial for last 5 days over...
Journalists Aslan and Keleş jailed in Van following 10 days in custody
A court in Turkey's eastern province of Van has decided to jail pro-Kurdish journalists Arif Aslan and Selman Keleş, who were detained in Van...
5 judiciary members expelled over ByLock use reinstated to posts by HSYK
Five judiciary members, who were expelled from their posts due to their use of a smart phone application known as ByLock by the Supreme...
Turkey stops publishing data on prison figures amid mass crackdown
Following 207 percent increase in the number of detainees without a conviction, Turkish government has stopped publishing data on the number of detainees and...
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