Turkish appeals court awards damages over newspaper’s attacks on dismissed academic
A Turkish appeals court has ordered a pro-government newspaper's publisher and a journalist to pay damages to a dismissed academic over articles that revived...
Wife of Turkish opposition MP released after questioning in espionage probe
Turkish police on Tuesday detained the wife of opposition lawmaker Ahmet Şık on suspicion of having committed espionage, but she was released later in...
7 detained in probe that led to takeover of Turkey’s pro-opposition Halk TV
Turkish police detained seven people on Tuesday in a bribery and money laundering investigation into Halk TV owner Cafer Mahiroğlu, less than a month...
Turkish officers expelled after secularist oath face up to 4 years over complaint against...
Five former Turkish lieutenants expelled following a disputed oath-taking face up to four years in prison each on charges of making false accusations against...
Turkish police detain 23 left-wing activists in İzmir, raid offices in İstanbul
Turkish police detained 23 members of left-wing groups in the western city of İzmir on Monday as part of two terrorism-related investigations and carried...
Turkish police detain journalist, advocate for dismissed public workers
Turkish police detained KHK TV editor Ahmet Erkan Yiğitsözlü and dismissed workers' rights advocate Münir Korkmaz in separate cities on Monday as part of...
At least 10 workers killed in explosion at steel plant in western Turkey
At least 10 workers were killed and 15 people were hospitalized on Monday after an explosion ripped through an iron and steel plant in...
Turkish opposition official to serve prison time over protest against Red Crescent tent sales
A left-wing opposition party official will spend one month in prison after an appeals court upheld his conviction over a protest against the Turkish...
Turkish police question journalist over reporting on corruption probe
Turkish police questioned journalist İdris Yılmaz on Monday over his reporting on alleged corruption at a government-funded social assistance foundation in Van province, the...
Top Turkish court orders retrial of 3 journalists after lower court refuses to reconsider...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ordered a retrial for three journalists, ruling that a lower court violated their freedom of expression by refusing to reconsider...
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