Turkish gov’t’s witch hunt targeting alleged members of Gülen movement goes on
The Turkish government has issued detention warrants for dozens of people and detained a large number of them as part of its massive post-coup...
Turkey’s Constitutional Court says asset freezes in coup cases do not violate property rights
Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that freezing the assets of defendants accused of involvement in a 2016 coup attempt does not violate property rights,...
Mother of 2 pushed back from Greece, arrested in Turkey
A woman who was pushed back to Turkey from Greece, where she fled with her husband, daughter and 18-month-old baby to escape imprisonment on...
Turkish student combat pilot, top in his class and awarded by the US Air...
Turkey jailed one of its the best and brightest lieutenants who was on his way to becoming a top-gun combat pilot after receiving multiple...
Sgt. Daş, who Turkish gov’t labeled as a traitor for 2 years after his...
The name of Sgt. Ferhat Daş, a Turkish tank commander who chose to die by suicide rather than open fire on civilians during a...
Turkish journalist faces over 19 years on alleged insult of Erdoğan, disinformation charges
A Turkish prosecutor has sought a prison sentence of more than 19 years for journalist Alican Uludağ over social media posts that allegedly insulted...
Amnesty Int’l Turkey fires 8 employees after withdrawing from collective bargaining talks
The Turkey branch of the London-based Amnesty International has fired eight of its 24 employees after the failure of collective bargaining talks with a...
Demirtaş says Kobani is a trial of political revenge against HDP
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who along with 107 other Kurdish politicians is standing trial for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests, said...
Turkish border forces detain 2 teachers over Gülen links while trying to flee to...
Turkish border security forces on Thursday detained two teachers, identified as Mustafa K. and Tarık T., in the border zone of Edirne province over...
20 detained in probe targeting opposition-run district municipality in İstanbul
Twenty people including municipal officials and contractors have been detained as part of a corruption investigation targeting İstanbul’s Üsküdar Municipality, run by the main...
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