Turkey fines Meta for refusing to suspend protest-linked accounts
Facebook parent Meta on Tuesday said it was fined a “substantial amount” in Turkey for failing to comply with government orders to suspend accounts...
Turkey arrests 17 in latest crackdown on alleged Gülen members
A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of 17 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, while releasing two others under judicial...
İstanbul court keeps İmamoğlu, 3 others jailed in ‘political espionage’ case
A Turkish court on Wednesday rejected requests for the release of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and three co-defendants in a “political espionage” trial...
Turkey’s RTÜK sanctions TV stations due to content over detained Istanbul mayor
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, has imposed maximum fines on several media outlets for their coverage of the detention...
Turkish drone used by Ethiopia killed 59 civilians sheltering in a school in Tigray:...
The Washington Post has analyzed photos of shrapnel and satellite imagery and cross-referenced video to confirm that Ethiopia used a Turkish drone in January...
Turkey arrests 7 for listening to religious sermons on X
A Turkish court arrested six women and one man who had been detained for listening to religious sermons on the X platform, streamed by...
Turkey arrested 1,595 people in a year over Gülen links: minister
Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced at a press briefing on Thursday that since June 2023, Turkish authorities have carried out a total of...
Seriously ill Turkish lawyer ordered to travel despite doctors’ warnings
A Turkish lawyer in intensive care was ordered to travel to Istanbul for a forensic medical review, despite doctors warning that he is too...
Former teacher arrested on Gülen links diagnosed with brain tumor for third time
A former teacher who was arrested for alleged links to the Gülen movement shortly after surgery to remove a tumor from his brain has...
5 years later, Turkish woman still haunted by strip-search in police custody
A young woman detained over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in a case that made nationwide headlines five years ago has said...
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