Turkish top court’s ruling on Erdoğan’s propaganda center deleted amid Instagram ban
A ruling by Turkey’s top court that canceled certain powers of the Presidential Communications Directorate, viewed by many as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s propaganda...
Murder suspect out on bail accused of new femicide
Ümitcan Uygun, accused of murdering his girlfriend Aleyna Çakır (aka Sema Esen) and released from prison pending trial on July 17, was detained as...
Gülen follower attempting to flee Turkey to avoid prison detained
The authorities in northwest Turkey have detained a former teacher sentenced to prison due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement for attempting...
Ankara to reject UK plan for Afghan refugee center in Turkey
The Turkish government will reject a UK plan to establish an asylum processing center for Afghan refugees in Turkey, the foreign ministry said in...
Kurdish-language traffic signs vandalized in eastern Turkey
Kurdish-language traffic signs in the eastern province of Elazığ were defaced on Saturday by unknown individuals, the Artı Gerçek news website reported.In similar recent...
Military staff, judges among 65 facing detention over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors in several cities have issued detention warrants for 65 active duty and former military officers, dismissed judges and prosecutors, and lawyers and...
Turkey’s top court upholds prison sentence for ousted Kurdish mayor in retrial
Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld a prison sentence of more than nine years handed down to a Kurdish mayor who was removed from...
CoE fails to start infringement proceedings against Turkey in Kavala, Demirtaş cases
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has failed to start infringement proceedings against Turkey due to the country’s non-compliance with European...
Erdoğan slams late cleric Gülen and followers as ‘traitors,’ vows to continue fight
In his first comments about the death of his arch-enemy, Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, in the United States on Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called...
OSCE media freedom representative urges acquittal of Turkish journalists Önderoğlu, Nesin and human rights...
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro on Wednesday urged Turkish authorities to acquit journalists...
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