Turkish internet celebrity urges witch hunt against food influencer over alleged Gülen links
YouTuber, Twitch streamer and podcaster Ahmet Sonuç, known online as Jahrein, who was recently arrested on obscenity charges, has instigated a smear campaign against...
Turkey’s chief justice links noncompliance with ECtHR rulings to refugee crisis, terrorism fight
The president of Turkey’s Constitutional Court attributed the country’s failure to implement judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to its refugee...
4 arrested in Turkey over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of five people in Tekirdağ province, including four accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Crackdown on Gülen movement continues with detention of 20 amid devastating quakes
A crackdown on members of the Gülen movement is continuing with the detention of 20 individuals amid the devastation caused by twin earthquakes in...
Opposition MP claims patients died due to power outage at hospital following earthquakes
An opposition party lawmaker claimed patients in the intensive care unit of Iskenderun State Hospital in Hatay province died due to a power outage...
Activists arrested for protesting Erdoğan’s Israel trade file complaints alleging ill-treatment
Nine pro-Palestinian activists, recently held in pretrial detention for several days for protesting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over Turkey’s alleged ongoing trade with Israel,...
UN has raised a quarter of $1 billion Turkey earthquake funds target
The United Nations said Friday it has so far raised a quarter of the money it needs for relief work in Turkey after earthquakes...
Turkey jails elderly man with dementia as deaths mount among Gülen-linked inmates
Turkish authorities on Wednesday imprisoned a 76-year-old man suffering from paralysis and dementia over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, amid a growing...
Sweden changes constitution to beef up anti-terror law amid Turkey’s extradition requests
Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday passed a constitutional amendment that will make it possible to pass tougher anti-terror laws, a key demand from Turkey to...
Kurdish politicians detained in eastern Turkey
Turkish police have detained Veysi Dilekçi and Gülşen Kurt, provincial co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy and Equality Party (DEM Party), along with several...
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