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...
Police fire rubber bullets, tear gas during protest near İstanbul City Hall
Turkish riot police on Thursday fired rubber bullets and tear gas as demonstrators protested near İstanbul City Hall over the detention of Mayor Ekrem...
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...
Twitter appointing representative to Turkey in line with controversial law: pro-gov’t daily
Popular social media giant Twitter will appoint a representative to Turkey in line with a controversial social media law after the company and others...
Following major earthquake Istanbul residents left vulnerable as assembly zones become construction sites
Following a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in the Marmara Sea today that was felt across Istanbul, many residents who evacuated their homes were unable to...
13 OnlyFans content creators detained after tossing dollar bills around central İstanbul
Turkish police have detained 13 content creators from the OnlyFans internet subscription service after public outrage over their tossing dollar bills around central Taksim...
Turkish press groups decry detentions of journalists
Turkish press organizations have condemned the recent detentions of multiple journalists and a media translator as part of an investigation led by prosecutors in...
Journalists, diplomat recount their time in Turkish prisons in new documentary
Journalists Cevheri Güven and Yüksel Durgut and former diplomat Rumi Ünal have revealed their experiences in the Turkish prisons where they were incarcerated in...
ECtHR’s new rulings fault Turkey for pretrial detention of 450 after 2016 failed coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey in two new rulings over the arrest and pretrial detention of 450 people following...
Turkish intelligence conducted covert surveillance against dissidents in Strasbourg, documents reveal
Classified documents obtained by Nordic Monitor revealed that Turkish intelligence conducted a covert surveillance and monitoring operation against dissidents in Strasbourg, France, a city...
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