Court denies former Zaman columnist’s request to travel for medical treatment
A request filed by columnist for the now-closed Zaman daily and academic Mümtaz'er Türköne to be allowed to travel abroad for medical reasons was...
Thai woman suffers heart attack as Turkish husband under arrest for 15 months over...
Rana Öztürk, a mother of three children and the wife of Engin Öztürk who has been under arrest for 15 months over alleged ties...
Cases of Turkey’s post-coup victims pile up before top courts after refused by ECtHR
The number of cases from Turkey pending at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decreased this year, but critics warn that the figures...
Prosecutor seeks aggravated life for Kavala, 15 others over Gezi protests
An indictment that has just been submitted to an İstanbul high criminal court demands aggravated life –- imprisonment without the chance of parole --...
17 Turkish nationals ask for asylum in Greece, say their lives in danger
A total of 17 Turkish nationals who illegally entered Greece through Rhodes Island have asked for asylum saying their lives were in danger in...
Report: Flynn’s Turkish client to quit after inclusion in Mueller probe
Chairman of the Turkey-US Business Council (TAİK) Ekim Alptekin has reportedly decided to resign from his post after Special Counsel Robert Mueller included the...
Prosecutor accuses Gülen movement of spreading Christianity in Turkey
An indictment that demands 35 years in prison for American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey since October 2016, accuses the...
Erdoğan tells Turks in Germany not to vote for ‘anti-Turkish parties’, Berlin reacts harshly
Amid tensions between Berlin and Ankara, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told Turks living in Germany not to vote for parties treating...
5 suspicious deaths at Gebze women’s prison in 2nd half of 2016
At least 5 people have suspiciously died at the women’s prison in Kocaeli’s Gebze district over the second half the last year, Republican Peoples’...
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...
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