Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 119 people, mostly police officers, over alleged Gülen...
Turkish prosecutors on Thursday issued detention warrants for 119 people across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
COMMENTARY — Why Erdoğan and partners are targeting İncirlik Airbase in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Through the mobilization of their proxies in jihadist and ultranationalist groups, Turkey’s Islamist rulers and their neo-nationalist allies in the judicial, security...
Turkish gov’t jails 43 women for charity sale to benefit purge victims in Mersin
The Turkish government on Tuesday arrested and jailed 43 out of 80 women, including high school and university students, who were allegedly subjected to torture...
Turkish boxer critical of Erdoğan, AKP, victim of another attack in Germany
Turkish boxer Ünsal Arık, known for his critical views of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), announced...
Dismissed gov’t official forced to work as mover dies in traffic accident
Ensar Erdem, 47, a former official who was dismissed from Turkey’s Transportation and Infrastructure Ministry by a government decree as part of purges that...
CoE seeks face-to-face talks with jailed mayors including İmamoğlu
The Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities announced Monday that it will conduct a fact-finding visit to Turkey and seek face-to-face meetings with...
Turkey’s airstrikes wreak havoc on northeast Syria: HRW
Human Rights Watch, which released an extensive report in October about the damage caused by Turkish airstrikes to critical infrastructure northeast Syria, has once again warned about the...
Prosecutor denies seeking cancellation of İmamoğlu’s diploma in ‘falsified’ degree probe
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has denied a report by the pro-government Sabah newspaper which claimed that prosecutors had requested the cancellation of...
Mother of 19-month-old sent to prison with her toddler over Gülen links
Rukiye Güler, a homemaker with three children, was sent to prison to serve a six-year, three month sentence for alleged links to the Gülen...
Ankara court blocks access to news and tweets about torture allegations against police officer
The Ankara 6th Criminal Court of Peace has ordered the removal of news and tweets regarding torture allegations against police officer Abdulkadir Türkyılmaz, who...
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