European Socialists support Kılıçdaroğlu for fast-track EU visa liberalization
The Party of European Socialists (PES), the second largest political family represented in the EU, has said in a statement that it supports the pledge of...
Ailing 84-year-old not given his heart medication in prison
Nusret Muğla, 84, who was arrested in January on alleged links to the Gülen movement despite suffering from multiple health problems, has not been...
Turkish gov’t detains 26 civil society activists on alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government has issued detention warrants for 64 people over their membership in civil society organisations (CSOs) that were closed by a state...
Turkish police detain 2 young women over hair-braiding posts supporting Kurdish women in Syria
Turkish police on Tuesday detained two women aged 17 and 20 in eastern Turkey after they posted videos of themselves braiding their hair in...
Germany charges 4 with illegally selling spyware to Turkey
German prosecutors have charged four former company executives with illegally selling software to Turkey’s secret services to spy on the country’s opposition, Agence France-Presse...
Wife of ailing retired imam imprisoned on Gülen links pleads with authorities for his...
The wife of Ahmet Kaptan, 65, a retired imam imprisoned on alleged links to Gülen movement who has been struggling with gastrointestinal problems and...
Turkish President Erdoğan calls pro-Kurdish HDP’s candidate Demirtaş ‘top terrorist’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who on Monday said pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş was deserving of the death penalty...
Late columnist’s sentence was reversed after apology to Erdoğan sought in exchange: journalist
A fellow journalist says Turkish columnist Ahmet Turan Alkan was offered a way to avoid returning to prison by publishing an apology to President...
3 injured in Germany during Erdoğan victory celebrations
Three people were injured in Germany during celebrations of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s victory in a historic election runoff, extending his 20-year rule until...
Armenian cemetery destroyed during construction project in Ankara
An old Armenian cemetery was destroyed during construction in Ankara’s Ulus district as part of a gentrification project, the Turkish-Armenian bilingual Agos weekly reported.
The...
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