US consulate employee convicted on Gülen links released after serving sentence
A former employee of the US Consulate in İstanbul who was convicted of terrorism due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in...
Turkey orders detention of 78 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 78 people as part of an investigation into the alleged education network of the faith-based Gülen...
CoE calls on Turkey to abide by ECtHR rulings, release Kavala, Demirtaş
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Committee of Ministers, in its quarterly meeting December 5-7, addressed Turkey’s non-compliance with European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) rulings...
University student known for campaigning for release of her ailing father acquitted in Gülen-linked...
University student Süeda Güngör, who had been on trial over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement and had campaigned for the release of...
Turkey blocked access to 4,427 X accounts, tweets in 2022: report
Access to at least 4,427 URLs consisting of X, formerly Twitter, accounts and tweets were restricted in 2022 in Turkey, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court faults Gülen-linked conviction based mainly on ByLock app use
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that a former teacher’s terrorism conviction violated his right to a fair trial because lower courts relied mainly on...
Main opposition calls on parliament to hold extraordinary session for jailed MP Atalay
The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has called on parliament to convene in an extraordinary session to discuss the case of opposition lawmaker...
Turkey detains 209 people ahead of NATO summit in sweeping operations
Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 209 people in early morning raids as part of a sweeping operation targeting 241 people ahead of a NATO...
Turkey detains 29 people on alleged Gülen links
Turkish police have detained 29 people for alleged links to the Gülen movement, a faith-based group accused by the government of “terrorist” activities, the...
Human rights group urges Turkey to suspend sentence of 74-year-old ailing inmate
Human rights group Mazlum-Der has urged Turkey’s Justice Ministry to suspend the sentence of 74-year-old inmate Abdullah Tırpan, who is serving time in prison...
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