Turkish government advances plan to tighten social media controls ahead of possible early elections
The Turkish government is preparing legislation that would require social media users to link their accounts to their national identification numbers, a measure expected...
Turkish prison imposes 6-month visitation ban on activist jailed ahead of NATO summit
A Turkish prison has banned an activist jailed in a crackdown ahead of July’s NATO summit in Ankara from family visits for six months,...
Turkish prosecutors order detention of 25 over alleged Gülen links
Ankara prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 25 people on terrorism-related allegations as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the Cumhuriyet...
Turkey detains anti-gov’t Islamic preacher, wife in morning raids
Turkish police on Wednesday detained outspoken Islamic cleric Alparslan Kuytul, his wife, Semra, and other members of the Furkan Foundation in coordinated raids across...
Turkey arrests 48 for looting, defrauding earthquake victims: state media
Turkish authorities have arrested 48 people for looting or trying to defraud victims after a powerful earthquake hit Turkey, Agence France-Presse reported, citing state...
Turkish doctors file complaint against gov’t officials for 70 deaths in hospital destroyed by...
The Turkish Physicians Union (Hekimler Birliği) has filed a complaint against the government officials they claim are responsible for the collapse of a hospital...
Turkey orders detention of 52 people over alleged Gülen links in 2 days
Turkish prosecutors in two days ordered the detention of 52 people including teachers, health workers, former public officers, businessmen and active duty and former...
Shots fired from both sides at Greek-Turkish border at asylum seekers fleeing Turkey’s crackdown
Border guards from Turkey and Greece on Thursday fired on a group of 11 asylum seekers fleeing a political crackdown by the Turkish government,...
Netherlands links updating of customs union with Turkey to compliance with ECtHR rulings
The Dutch parliament has voted to make the modernization of the European Union customs union agreement with Turkey conditional on the release of two...
Protesters demand justice at ECtHR for victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
More than a thousand Turkish expatriates and human rights activists gathered in front of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg on...
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