Pro-Kurdish party office in Marmaris attacked for second time in a month
An as of yet unidentified man in the early hours of Friday staged an attack on the district office of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic...
Pastor Brunson’s lawyer plans appeal to Turkey’s Constitutional Court
İsmail Cem Halavurt, the lawyer for American evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson, who is standing trial in Turkey on terrorism charges, said on Wednesday he...
Turkey orders detention of 78 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 78 people as part of an investigation into the alleged education network of the faith-based Gülen...
Wife of abducted man complains about indifference by Turkish authorities on the case
Emine Özben whose husband Mustafa Özben was abducted on May 9, 2017, said Turkish police and prosecutors have been unwilling to investigate the missing...
Educator İnandı tortured and his arm broken in 3 places, wife says
Orhan İnandı, a Turkish-Kyrgyz educator rendered from Kyrgyzstan by Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), was tortured and his right arm broken in three places by Turkish...
‘US could unblock F-35 deliveries to Turkey if Russia missile deal canceled’
A US congressional delegation signaled that if Turkey cancels the purchase of a Russian S-400 missile defense system, Washington could withdraw its block on...
University student known for campaigning for release of her ailing father acquitted in Gülen-linked...
University student Süeda Güngör, who had been on trial over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement and had campaigned for the release of...
3 detained Turkish educators and their families handed over to Turkey by Gabon
Three Turkish educators and their families who were arbitrarily detained in Libreville, the capital city of Gabon, were handed over to Turkish officials and taken...
Turkey to work with Pakistan to stop new wave of Afghan migrants
Turkey will work with Pakistan to help stabilize Afghanistan and prevent a new flood of refugees, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday, Agence France-Presse...
Turkey’s state of emergency measures continue for inmates arrested over Gülen links
Turkish judicial authorities have been maintaining the state of emergency measures for inmates arrested over Gülen links, despite the fact that the state of...
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