Turkey detains 35 over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police detained 35 individuals on Tuesday in Ankara as part of an ongoing crackdown on alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement, the...
Ailing 83-year-old prisoner, not released despite serious health problems, put in intensive care
Mehmet Emin Özkan, an 83-year-old inmate who was not released by authorities despite suffering from severe health problems, was hospitalized on Tuesday night after...
Turkish court sentences 3 journalists for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan
A Turkish court in İstanbul handed down sentences to journalists Hüseyin Aykol, İnan Kızılkaya and İhsan Çaralan on Thursday for allegedly insulting Turkish President...
2 journalists jailed over footage shared with media in probe into 2009 death of...
Turkey has jailed two journalists pending trial in an investigation into the 2009 helicopter crash that killed nationalist politician Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, with an account...
Turkish authorities intensify crackdown on pro-Kurdish opposition in 2024: report
Turkish authorities detained at least 3,948 people and arrested 632 in 2024 as part of an intensified crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and...
Funeral attacker takes photo with Turkish interior minister at police station
Murat Alp, a participant in a racist attack on the funeral of Hatun Tuğluk, mother of jailed Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Aysel Tuğluk,...
Turkish court rules for continuation of journalist Gündem’s imprisonment over Gülen links
A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday for a continuation of the pretrial detention of veteran Turkish journalist Mehmet Gündem, who was arrested on Nov....
Union members describe strip-search abuse in Turkish prison
Several union members arrested in Turkey’s Aydın province say they were subjected to humiliating strip-searches in prison, the Artı Gerçek news website reported on...
HDP co-chair investigated for allegedly insulting judges at murder trial
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairperson Pervin Buldan on accusations that she insulted the panel of judges...
Turkish police detain prosecutor Sarıkaya over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police on Friday detained Ferhat Sarıkaya, a prosecutor who was expelled by Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) on Thursday over his alleged...
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