36 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 36 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
Dismissed police officer disabled in workplace accident suffers both physically and psychologically in prison,...
Former police officer Mustafa Aydın, an inmate who lost six fingers in an industrial accident after he was fired from his law enforcement job...
Turkey appoints trustee to run pro-opposition network TELE1
Turkish authorities have appointed a government-controlled trustee to take over management of TELE1, one of the country’s last remaining pro-opposition television networks, after the...
Turkey’s top appeals court overturns sentence of pregnant woman convicted over Gülen links
Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned the prison sentence of a pregnant woman jailed over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, citing...
Erdoğan’s transnational repression leads to 72 pct increase in Turkish intel agency’s personnel expenditures
The personnel costs of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) have increased by 72 percent since a coup attempt in July 2016, mainly due to...
Former Turkish health minister jailed for insulting Erdoğan’s son Bilal
Right Party (DP) leader and former health minister Rıfat Serdaroğlu was sent to prison on Thursday to serve two months, 17 days for allegedly...
Turkey becomes 149th most peaceful country in the world under Erdoğan’s rule
Turkey has become the 149th most peaceful county among 163 countries in the world, according to the Global Peace Index 2018 (GPI) report released by...
Turkish police detain journalist on Working Journalists Day
On Jan. 10, when the work and independence of journalists are celebrated in Turkey, the police detained a journalist from an anti-government news website,...
People seeking release of Kavala are behind murders of children in Ukraine: Turkish interior...
People who are seeking the release of prominent businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala are behind the killings of children in Ukraine, Turkish Interior Minister...
Turkey’s top judicial body disbars 2 more judges over Gülen links
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has disbarred two more judges due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish Minute reported.
The...
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