Judge who challenged Erdoğan’s candidacy faces expulsion from the bench
A judge who is being investigated by Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) for filing an appeal against the nomination of President Recep...
82-year-old philanthropist with Alzheimer’s sentenced to 17 years over Gülen links
The İzmir 2nd High Criminal Court on Friday handed down a jail sentence of 17 years, four months to 82-year-old businessman and philanthropist Yusuf...
Yet another purge victim dies in Turkish prison
Şafak Demir, one of the thousands of teachers removed from their posts by government decrees due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement...
One year after İmamoğlu’s arrest, Turkey’s opposition faces uncertainty as trial begins
One year after İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was jailed, Turkey’s main opposition is entering a new phase of uncertainty as the politician widely seen...
No reforms in Turkey, but regression in human rights, rule of law: EP rapporteur
Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, has said no changes or reforms have been carried out in Turkey to fulfill the Copenhagen...
Turkish Embassy in Gabon spied on Erdoğan critics
As part of its massive witch-hunt, the Turkish government used its diplomats in Gabon to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...
Turkish police again detain dismissed academic Nuriye Gülmen
Turkish police on Friday again detained Nuriye Gülmen, a prominent academic who went on a hunger strike after being fired from her job by a...
Turkey’s top court rules killing of unarmed Kurdish woman by soldier did not violate...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the killing of an unarmed Kurdish woman by a soldier in 2016 did not constitute a violation of...
Post-coup victims attacked by inmates in eastern Turkey prison
Two inmates in a prison in eastern Turkey have attacked eight other inmates arrested or convicted on charges of affiliation with the faith-based Gülen...
Opposition MP proposes Turkish parliament declare massacre of Armenians a genocide
Garo Paylan, an Armenian lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on Saturday submitted a motion asking the Turkish parliament to declare the...
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