Gülen followers investigated for applying to become election observers in 2015

Real and alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, who have been facing a wide range of charges for several years, are this time...

Number of protestors killed in clashes with Turkish forces in north Syria rises to...

Clashes between armed protesters and guards of Turkish positions in Syria’s north killed seven people, a medical source and a rights group said Tuesday,...

Turkey’s spy agency forcibly returns Gülen’s nephew from Kenya

Turkish spies have arrested and brought back to Turkey a nephew living in Kenya of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by the...

Turkish journalist sentenced in absentia for insulting Erdoğan

Journalist Hayko Bağdat, a Turkish-Armenian journalist based in Germany, has been given a 14-month suspended sentence for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Artı...

Turkish gov’t cancels financial aid of students protesting Erdoğan-appointed rector

Turkish authorities have canceled the student loans and scholarships of at least 100 university students because they participated in protests against the appointment of...

Turkey detains 113 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 113 people due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, according to...

Crackdown on Gülen movement will continue until last member is ‘neutralized,’ Erdoğan vows

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised that his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)’s crackdown on the Gülen movement, inspired by Islamic preacher...

Kurdish-language traffic signs allegedly defaced by gov’t agency officials in eastern Turkey

Officials from Turkey’s General Directorate of Highways (KGM) have allegedly defaced Kurdish-language traffic signs in the eastern province of Batman, the Artı Gerçek news...
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Turkey cracks down on social media users critical of gov’t for wildfire response

Turkey’s General Directorate of Security (EGM) has announced that it has started legal proceedings against social media users on charges of causing fear and...

Judges suspended over accusation of taking $720,000 to release Dutch drug kingpin’s associates

Three Turkish judges were suspended after being accused of accepting a $720,000 bribe to free associates of a notorious Dutch drug lord, Turkish Minute...
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