115 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigations’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 115 people from a variety of professions due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement based...
Report: At least 30 female journalists detained, 16 of them jailed under Turkey’s rule...
At least 30 female journalist were detained under the rule of emergency declared in the aftermath of a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
AKP-appointed mayor denies Kurdish author a hearse, leaves coffin on roadside
The body of Zeynel Abidin Han, a Kurdish author, poet and translator who died in Berlin on Feb. 26 and was to be buried...
Serial killer released by Turkish judiciary, which is holding 17,000 women and 700 children...
A Turkish serial killer dubbed “the Hunter” has killed another man one year after his release from prison.
Hamdi Kayapınar, 39, was arrested for the...
Turkey suspends 26 judges and prosecutors over alleged Gülen links
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has decided to suspend 26 judges and prosecutors, citing links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the T24...
Detention warrants issued for 30 military personnel in Turkey on anniversary of coup attempt
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday issued detention warrants for 30 military members who were recently dismissed by a government decree as...
3 arrested out of 11 more people detained as part of ongoing witch-hunt in...
Three people were arrested on Monday out of 11 suspects detained in Kahramanmaraş province as part of an investigation into the faith-based civic Gülen...
Two more local newspapers shut down by Turkish gov’t over alleged affiliation with Gülen...
Two more local newspapers in western Turkey were closed down by Turkish government under the autocratic rule of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with the...
Turkey’s top court finds rights violations in continued imprisonment of MP
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the country violated the rights of an opposition lawmaker who was not released from prison despite gaining parliamentary...
Erdoğan calls on gov’t to not allow businessmen to transfer assets out of Turkey
Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday called on the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government not to allow some businessmen to...
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