İstanbul court arrests lawyer of Fethullah Gülen

A court in İstanbul ruled on Friday for the arrest of Orhan Erdemli, a lawyer representing US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused...

Terror prosecutor to investigate Hürriyet over controversial story

A prosecutor who investigates terror crimes will oversee an investigation into the Hürriyet daily for a story it published about the military-government relationship last...

Erdoğan: We do not recognize Venice Commission reports

Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday that Turkey would not recognize reports of the Venice Commission, an advisory body of constitutional...

33 housewives detained in Kayseri over alleged ByLock use

Thirty-three housewives have been detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a July 15 coup attempt, the...

When the last barricade falls: Remembering unlawful takeover of Turkey’s largest daily

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHekYe-4dyQ On March 4, 2016, exactly one year ago today , hundreds of riot police officers fired rubber bullets and gassed loyal readers of Turkey’s...

Erdoğan claims journalist Yücel German agent, PKK representative, hid in consulate

As tension with Germany has escalated over imprisonment of the German daily Die Welt’s Turkey reporter Deniz Yücel, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Turkish journalists charged for terror over comments on US-indicted sanction buster Zarrab

A Turkish public prosecutor who accused 29 journalists on terrorism charges cited articles and Twitter messages on US-indicted gold trader Reza Zarrab, who bribed...

12 academics, university staff detained in Muğla over alleged Gülen links

Twelve academics and staff from Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University were detained on Thursday over their alleged links with faith-based Gülen movement that Turkish authorities...

2,988 consecutive life sentences sought for 38 suspects in coup trial

A total of 2,988 consecutive life sentences are sought for 38 out of 221 suspects in an indictment prepared into a failed coup attempt...

PACE rejects Turkey’s candidate list for post of judge at ECtHR

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has rejected a three-person list Turkey has submitted for the post of judge at the...

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