Opposition leaders accuse Erdoğan of selling national sovereignty by transferring Khashoggi murder trial to...
Turkey’s opposition party leaders have criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the transfer to Saudi Arabia of the trial in absentia of suspects involved...
Turkish police officer fired over alleged Gülen links critically injured in workplace accident
A former police officer dismissed by an emergency decree over alleged links to faith-based Gülen movement has been in intensive care for two months...
Coal mine collapse in northwestern Turkey traps miners for 11 hours
Two coal mine workers were trapped for 11 hours in a collapsed mine on Sunday in northwestern Turkey’s Zonguldak province, the Bianet news website reported.
Twenty-six-year-old...
Calls for release intensify as ailing Turkish inmate faces urgent surgery
Social media users on Wednesday called on Turkish authorities to release Rukiye Çoygar, an ailing prisoner who is suffering from a fissure in her...
24 women in Turkey killed by men, 16 died under suspicious circumstances, says report...
A total of 24 women in Turkey were killed in incidents of domestic violence and 16 died under suspicious circumstances in April, the We...
Turkish court orders main opposition leader to pay Erdoğan $16,500 over speeches
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered main opposition New Party leader Özgür Özel to pay President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan TL 800,000 ($16,500) in damages...
CoE platform asks Turkish gov’t about death threats against Jiyan News editor İdris Yayla
The Council of Europe’s platform to promote the protection of journalism and the safety of journalists on Thursday issued a media freedom alert about...
UN rapporteurs raise concerns over judicial harassment of civil society group in Turkey
United Nations human rights rapporteurs have raised concerns about what they describe as continued judicial harassment of an İstanbul-based civil society organization, questioning a...
24 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigations’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 24 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
Turkish prosecutors investigate 2 journalists under ‘disinformation law’
İstanbul prosecutors have launched an investigation into two journalists on accusations of spreading “disinformation” due to their comments about the forced resignation of three lawmakers from...
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