Turkish gov’t detains at least 59 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 59 military officers across Turkey on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members...
Turkey seeks extradition of journalist in exile reporting on gov’t corruption
Turkey’s Justice Ministry is seeking the extradition of an investigative journalist living in exile in Germany from where he reports extensively on the Turkish...
Turkish government to build 20 new prisons in 2023
The Turkish government, which plans to complete the construction of 18 new prisons by the end of the year, is now planning to build...
ECtHR questions Turkey over lengthy detentions after coup attempt
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated questions to the Turkish government regarding alleged rights violations in the lengthy pretrial detention of...
Erdoğan reverses order to close liberal İstanbul university after protests
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday reversed his decision to close a liberal private university in İstanbul after protests by students and faculty...
Twitter suspends more than 7,000 state-linked Turkish accounts
Twitter has suspended 7.340 fake and compromised state-linked accounts in Turkey that were targeting domestic audiences and promoting narratives favorable to the ruling Justice...
Turkey blocks journalist’s X account after posts targeting foundation led by Erdoğan’s son
Turkish authorities on Tuesday blocked access to journalist Serdar Akinan’s account on X after he shared posts alleging misconduct by a youth foundation led...
CoE anti-corruption body urges Turkey to act on stalled reforms in parliament, judiciary
A high-level delegation from the Council of Europe’s (CoE) anti-corruption watchdog GRECO on Thursday called on Turkey to take urgent steps to implement long-standing recommendations aimed...
Turkish government blocks access to Fethullah Gülen’s four critical videos in Youtube
Turkish government has blocked access to four critical videos of Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen which were recently posted in Youtube on Tuesday.
Following a demand...
Detained woman, newborn baby transferred to police station 240 km away from home in...
Detained hours after giving birth at a private hospital in İstanbul early on Tuesday, a woman named Ayşe Kaya has been transferred to a...
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