Zeki Güven, jailed police intelligence chief, becomes latest suspicious death in a Turkish prison
Zeki Güven, the former intelligence chief of the Ankara Police Department who was arrested by a Turkish court in May as part of the...
Woman acquitted by Turkish court of alleged Gülen link charges after losing baby, job
Former court clerk E.U., who lost her baby because of the heavy stress she experienced in detention after she was taken into custody for...
Jailed veteran journalist Karayeğen reveals details of torture by Turkish police
Jailed Turkish veteran journalist İbrahim Karayeğen (52), a night-shift editor at the Zaman newspaper, Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before its unlawful takeover and...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s spy colonel Kemal Eskintan, master of conspiracy plots
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Based on a wealth of revelations in the last couple of years during trial proceedings, the view that the false flag coup...
Turkish investigative journalist Öztürk arrested by Istanbul court over links to Gülen movement
An İstanbul court on Wednesday arrested Ece Sevim Öztürk, a journalist known for her investigative reporting on a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
Jailed veteran Turkish journalist Şirin Kabakçı: My only crime is doing journalism
Jailed Turkish journalist Şirin Kabakçı, who used to be Konya bureau chief of the Zaman newspaper, Turkey’s most highly circulated newspaper before the Turkish...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan gov’t turns to rape as a political weapon in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
As part of an escalating crackdown on the right to dissent, on criticism and on opposition voices in Turkey in recent years,...
Turkish gov’t ramps up its refugee espionage targeting Gülen followers in US
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has intensified its refugee espionage targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement abroad.
Three stories about...
Report: Turkish gov’t orders gang to assassinate alleged members of Gülen movement in Denmark
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ordered a criminal gang in Denmark to assassinate alleged members of the Gülen movement, according...
ARTICLE 19, IPI and RSF: Zaman columnists, journalists must be acquitted in political trial
International organisations for press freedom ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have repeated their call for all defendants...
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