Turkey detains 22 in new raids targeting Süleymanlılar religious community
Turkish police detained 22 people in raids across 12 provinces on Monday as part of an expanding financial crimes investigation targeting the Süleymanlılar religious...
Turkey detains opposition district mayor, 43 others in corruption probe
Turkish gendarmes on Monday detained the mayor of Çukurova, a district in the southern Turkish city of Adana, and 43 others in an investigation...
Turkish police detain 25 in İstanbul operations over alleged Gülen movement links
Turkish police detained 25 people in two separate operations in İstanbul on Friday as part of investigations into alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...
Turkey fines TV stations over fund scandal coverage
Turkey’s broadcasting regulator fined two TV stations on Friday over coverage questioning government figures’ connections to an investment fund scandal, as President Recep Tayyip...
Turkey detains journalist, opposition lawmaker’s relatives in money laundering probe
Turkish police on Friday detained journalist Murat Ağırel and four others, including family members of opposition lawmaker Mustafa Sarıgül, as part of an investigation...
Turkish journalist released under travel ban after detention over investment fund reporting
An İstanbul court on Friday ordered the release of investigative journalist Bahadır Özgür under judicial supervision, imposing a travel ban and a requirement that...
Kavala says Turkish court’s refusal to grant retrial damages judiciary’s credibility
Jailed Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala on Friday accused an İstanbul court of undermining the credibility of Turkey’s judiciary by refusing to reopen his case...
Turkish journalist detained over call to protest Halk TV takeover released under judicial supervision
A Turkish court on Friday released journalist and human rights defender Bahadır Altan under judicial supervision after police detained him over a social media...
Council of Europe monitors call Turkish TV takeover, jailing of journalists ‘dark day’ for...
Two Council of Europe parliamentary monitors warned Thursday that Turkey's takeover of opposition broadcaster Halk TV, the jailing of two journalists and the house...
Turkish court acquits father accused of sexually abusing daughter found dead with mother
A Turkish court on Wednesday acquitted a man accused of sexually abusing his 8-year-old daughter, who was found dead along with her mother in...
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