Turkish woman jailed with toddler over links to Gülen movement
Türkan Alemdar, a 32-year-old Turkish mother of two, was jailed on April 7 along with her 19-month-old son to serve a seven-and-a-half-year sentence over...
Germany seizes accounts of spyware firm accused of selling products to authoritarian countries including...
German authorities have seized the accounts of spyware company FinFischer amid an investigation into whether it broke export laws by selling its products to...
Swedish journalist charged in Turkey risks 12 years in prison, employer says
A Swedish journalist arrested in Turkey in March has been charged with insulting the president and alleged terrorism offenses, facing up to 12 years...
Greece arrests 2 people from sailboat in distress with 70 aboard: report
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Turkey detains 33 over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have detained 33 people accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run TRT Haber reported.
The detentions are part of an...
Journalists among 66 detained after attending Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbakır
Turkish police detained at least 66 people, including several journalists, on terrorism-related charges in Friday morning raids, for attendance at Nevruz celebrations in southeastern...
Turkey detains nearly 500 people in two weeks as Erdoğan renews call to target...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for renewed vigilance against the faith-based Gülen movement in a message posted Monday on social media, as authorities...
CHP lawmaker submits parliamentary questions regarding human rights violations in Turkish prisons
Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Özcan Purçu in a parliamentary question addressing the Turkish Ministry of Justice demanded to know whether the ministry was...
Factory owners avoid legal pressure as families of blast victims withdraw complaints
The families of four workers who died in a 2024 explosion at the Oba Makarna pasta factory in Sakarya province have withdrawn their complaints...
Ankara Bar files complaint on allegations of torture at police department
The Ankara Bar Association has announced that they filed a complaint against the Ankara Police Department based on nine allegations of torture made by...
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