Turkey’s Erdoğan ‘hopes’ Afrin to be captured ‘by this evening’
Speaking at the 46th meeting of neighborhood heads, or muhtars, at the presidential palace on Wednesday, Turkey’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said he...
İstanbul city officials among 47 detained in new crackdown after Erdoğan rival’s arrest
Turkish authorities detained 47 people on Saturday, including senior officials from İstanbul’s opposition-run municipality as well as the brother-in-law of the city’s recently suspended...
Nearly 40 percent of women in Turkey subjected to violence, says HRW senior Turkey...
Around four out of 10 women in Turkey have suffered physical and/or sexual violence during their lives, said Emma Sinclair Webb, Human Rights Watch...
Photojournalist sentenced for terrorist propaganda over a photo
The İstanbul 33rd High Criminal Court on Thursday handed down a suspended 20-month sentence to a photojournalist on conviction of disseminating terrorist propaganda, Turkish...
Mother fears health crisis after son with heart condition detained in Gülen crackdown
The mother of a recent university graduate with a serious heart condition said she feared her son could suffer a medical emergency while in...
52 detained over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish authorities have detained 52 active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to their alleged links to the...
Turkish court challenges top court reversal of Cumhuriyet journalists’ conviction
A Turkish court on Thursday decided to challenge a Supreme Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the court’s previous conviction of 12 former Cumhuriyet...
Jailed İstanbul mayor testifies to prosecutors in new probe over his courtroom remarks
İstanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, testified to prosecutors on Wednesday as part of a fresh investigation concerning remarks he made during a recent court...
Turkish authorities detain pregnant woman for links to Gülen movement
A pregnant woman was detained on Thursday for alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news website reported.
Five-months-pregnant Emine Coşkun was detained...
Turkey’s foreign policy determined by Russia’s Putin, opposition leader says
The leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has said Turkey’s foreign policy is being determined by Russian President Vladimir Putin, criticizing...
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