Turkish gov’t detains 16 colonels over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government on Wednesday detained 16 colonels on active duty at the Turkish Air Forces Command and the Turkish Naval Forces Command as...
Jailed police chief Atayün’s two children detained by Turkish police
Two children of Anadolu Atayün, a former legendary police chief who was jailed in wake of the corruption and bribery scandals on December 17-25,...
Journalist Erdal Şen and his wife behind bars due to Turkey’s collective punishment
In an example of guilt by association and blood, a veteran Turkish journalist and his wife have been languishing behind bars for 440 days...
Turkish gov’t revokes novelist Erdoğan’s passport to hinder her to receive prize bestowed in...
Turkish government has seized the passport of the prominent Turkish novelist and human rights defender Aslı Erdoğan before he travels to Germany to receive the Erich...
Die Welt reporter Yücel arrested over stories on Erdoğan’s son-in-law
German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel, who was detained in Turkey on Feb. 14 as part of an investigation for publishing stories...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 70 active duty military officers over alleged Gülen...
Turkish government issued detention warrants for 70 active duty military officers on Thursday in the Central Anatolian province of Konya as part of its...
Turkish artists to join CHP’s ‘March for Justice’ on July 4
Turkish actor Mert Fırat announced on Friday that a group of artists will take part in a march launched by main opposition Republican People’s...
Woman looking after disabled children alone as prosecutor husband under arrest for 270 days
Hacer Çakmak is only one of the hundreds of thousands of people who found themselves facing tremendous difficulties after the government started a desperate...
Turkey’s main opposition CHP deputy asks minister to resign over ‘Gülen propaganda’ in textbooks
Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mehmet Tüm has called on Turkish Minister of Education İsmet Yılmaz to resign, claiming that the...
Academics, students barred from entering Boğaziçi University campus
Academics and students are not being allowed to enter the Boğaziçi University campus by Rector Melih Bulu, whose appointment by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
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