Zarrab hires Trump ally for defense, prosecutor objects due to conflict of interest
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who was arrested in Miami last year for violating US sanctions on Iran hired former mayor of New...
Neighborhood head who did not attend Erdoğan rally removed from post
A muhtar, elected head of neighborhood head, was replaced with a trustee after he did not attend the really of Turkey's autocratic President Recep...
Işık University fires two academics for signing peace petition
Işık University in İstanbul fired academics Sinan Birdal and Prof. Dr. Neşe Yıldıran after they refused to remove their support from a petition signed...
Radio Sweden exposes how Turkish gov’t tracking down regime critics in Sweden
Sweden's official radio station, Radio Sweden, has documented that Turkey's government is trying to identify and track down supporters of the opposition Gülen Movement...
Germany informs Gülen sympathizers about MİT surveillance
German authorities have informed Turks linked with the Gülen movement about Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) surveillance in Germany, German media reported on Monday.
According...
2 workers at university café fired for taking photo with ‘no’ sign for referendum
Two workers at a café at İzmir’s Katip Çelebi University were fired by their subcontractor employer after they shared a photo of them on...
IAJ President Regnard says the rule of law ends in Turkey
Christophe Regnard, President of The International Association of Judges (IAJ), has defined the situation in Turkey as “the end of the rule of law”...
Thousands of fruit trees destroyed over ‘security concerns’ in SE Turkey
Ordered by the local gendarmerie command in Turkey’s Şırnak province, village guards cut down thousands of fruit trees in the province due to security...
2 daughters of jailed police intel chief arrested over alleged links to Gülen movement
Fatma Saadet Yılmazer and Rabia Fitnat Yılmazer, daughters of jailed former police intelligence chief Ali Fuat Yılmazer, were arrested by an İstanbul court on...
Romanian police seize passport upon Turkey’s demand
Romanian police on March 25 seized the passport of Soner Cesur, a Turkish businessman with investments in Romania upon a demand made by the...
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