CHP mayor among 17 detained in corruption operation targeting İstanbul district municipality
Turkish police on Friday detained the mayor of İstanbul’s Silivri district, run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), and 16 others as...
Turkish court jails 33 female students over alleged Gülen links
A Turkish court jailed 33 female students pending trial on charges of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement after they were detained in...
Patriarch Bartholomew says minorities should not be hostages to Turkish-Greek disputes
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I has said minorities in Turkey and Greece should not be treated as hostages to political disputes between the two countries,...
Turkey opens inquiry after jailed İstanbul municipality executive alleges strip-search in police custody
Turkey’s interior ministry has opened an inquiry into allegations made by the jailed executive of an İstanbul municipality-owned company that she was subjected to...
Past Gülen ties, not only arrest warrants, can prove risk in Turkey sufficient for...
A Belgian appeals court has recognized a former teacher from Turkey as a refugee, ruling that his past ties to the faith-based Gülen movement...
Turkey’s state trustee fund nears $20 billion in assets as company takeovers expand
The total assets of private companies placed under the management of Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) have surged more than fourfold in...
Turkey’s broadcast regulator fines station over main opposition leader’s criticism of justice minister
Turkey’s broadcast regulator has fined Sözcü TV for airing remarks by the leader of the country’s main opposition party about the justice minister, a...
Turkish spies gather intelligence in French city near German border, document reveals
A leaked Turkish government document obtained by Nordic Monitor reveals that Turkish intelligence operatives conducted surveillance activities in France to collect information on a...
Turkish court acquits suspects in killing of 2 Kurdish youths during 2014 Kobani protests
A Turkish court has acquitted five men accused of killing two Kurdish youths and wounding another during the 2014 Kobani protests in southeastern Turkey,...
Turkish musicians bar court-reinstated CHP leadership from using their songs
A growing number of Turkish musicians have said they will not allow the court-reinstated leadership of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to...
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