Turkey detains 10 over alleged Gülen links in 3 provinces
Turkish police detained 10 people on Friday over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in raids across three provinces, the TRT Haber state...
Turkey detains Kurdish poet over terrorism allegations after Estonia denies asylum, sends him back
Kurdish poet and playwright Tekin Ağacık, who was sent back to Turkey after Estonia rejected his asylum bid, was detained at İstanbul Airport over...
Turkey blocks 767 game pages on Steam, tripling total in about a month
Turkish courts have blocked access to 767 game pages on the Steam online gaming platform, more than tripling the total in about a month,...
Turkey accused of blocking Kurdish visitors from returning home to Germany
Turkey is preventing Kurdish visitors from returning to their homes in Germany through bans on leaving the country, a Kurdish community organization said Wednesday,...
Turkish court sentences 11 people to prison over Kurdish Newroz celebration
A Turkish court has sentenced 11 people to 10 months in prison each on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda during their participation in a...
Opposition district mayor in İstanbul released after 90 days, put under house arrest
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the release of Sinem Dedetaş, the suspended opposition mayor of İstanbul’s Üsküdar district, to house arrest after 90...
Kurdish prisoner remains behind bars after heart attack despite serious health condition
A 56-year-old Kurdish prisoner remains behind bars after suffering a heart attack despite a medical assessment showing severely impaired heart function, while awaiting a...
Turkish court bars jailed preacher Alparslan Kuytul’s weekend family visits
A Turkish court upheld a prison administration’s refusal to allow the children of jailed Islamic preacher and government critic Alparslan Kuytul to visit him...
Turkey fines 2 TV stations again over coverage of fund scandal, jailed journalist
Turkey's broadcasting regulator on Wednesday fined two television stations for the second time in less than two weeks over coverage of a jailed journalist...
Turkish police detain 4 students protesting jailing of peers over banner
Turkish police briefly detained four university students in İstanbul on Wednesday after they protested the jailing of two students over a banner calling for...
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