Dismissed municipal workers in eastern Turkey continue protest against trustee administration
The protest of 223 municipal workers dismissed by a government-appointed trustee in Turkey’s eastern Van province continued on Thursday, with support from civil society...
73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient jailed over Gülen links back in intensive care after return to...
Alzheimer’s patient İbrahim Güngör, 73, who was sent back to prison earlier this month despite serious health problems, was again hospitalized after his condition...
Ex-parliament speaker, once an Erdoğan ally, urges action on plight of Turks dismissed after...
Bülent Arınç, once a founding Justice and Development Party (AKP) heavyweight and close ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Wednesday called for urgent...
European mayors, barred from visiting jailed İstanbul mayor, say he is ‘not alone’
A delegation of European mayors who traveled to İstanbul on Thursday to show solidarity with jailed Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was arrested on corruption...
Turkish court upholds broadcast ban on pro-opposition TELE1
The Ankara 23rd Administrative Court has rejected a motion filed by TELE 1, a pro-opposition TV station, seeking to suspend the execution of a...
Turkish authorities send opposition-linked city official back to jail after surgery following a heart...
Kalender Özdemir, director of investments at the opposition-run Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB), who survived a heart attack on August 22 while in pretrial detention,...
Civil servant unions, opposition accuse Erdoğan gov’t of forcing millions into poverty with new...
Public sector unions and the main opposition party in Turkey have accused the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of condemning millions to poverty...
Turkey opens fourth probe into opposition leader over remarks about controversial prosecutor
Turkish prosecutors have launched a fourth investigation into Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), over his criticism of Istanbul’s...
INTERPOL chief declines to discuss question on Turkey’s abuse of Red Notices at South...
INTERPOL Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza declined to elaborate on allegations that Turkey uses the organization’s alerts to pursue political opponents, when asked by a...
Turkish celebrity manager warns of risk of death in jail, seeks release for treatment
Ayşe Barım, a well-known manager of Turkish television stars, said in an open letter from prison that since her arrest in January, she has...
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