US sanctions 2 Turkish ministers with leading roles in unjust detention of Pastor Brunson
The United States sanctioned Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül and Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Wednesday over the country’s imprisonment of American Pastor Andrew...
Former police officer jailed over alleged Gülen links dies in prison
Ünsalan Özkan, a 54-year-old former police officer imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack in Ankara’s Sincan...
Ousted Kurdish mayor given same sentence in retrial
The Turkish court that retried Selçuk Mızraklı, the former co-mayor of the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey who was dismissed and...
2 refugees killed in cross-fire between Turkish security forces and migrant smugglers
Two refugees were killed and 12 others were injured after they were caught in cross-fire between Turkish security forces and migrant smugglers in Turkey's...
Turkish lawyer put in pretrial detention on terror charges
Can Tombul, a Turkish lawyer and member of the Law Bureau of the Oppressed (EHB), has been put in pretrial detention on charges of “membership...
Germany’s Kant foundation honors jailed İstanbul mayor, wife with World Citizen Award
Jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and his wife, Dilek İmamoğlu, have been awarded the Kant World Citizen Award by Germany’s Immanuel Kant Foundation in recognition of their...
Opposition demands release of jailed MP following 2nd top court ruling on rights violation
Opposition politicians have once again called for the release of jailed lawmaker Can Atalay, who was elected to parliament in May, after Turkey’s Constitutional...
Lawyer for Turkish-Kyrgyz educator’s family demands expulsion of Turkish ambassador in Bishkek
The lawyer for the family of Turkish-Kyrgyz educator Orhan İnandı, who was recently abducted by the Turkish Intelligence Organization (MİT), on Wednesday called on...
Erdoğan says US threatened Turkey: Release Brunson ‘by 6 p.m. tomorrow’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday revealed details of his negotiations with the US administration over the release of American evangelical pastor Andrew...
Denmark moves to deport Turkish teacher despite risk of prosecution over Gülen links
A Danish asylum ruling has put 29-year-old Turkish mathematics teacher Tuğba Koç on the brink of forced return to Turkey after authorities accepted that...
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