Turkish court rejects academic’s objection to travel ban
An Ankara court has rejected an objection to a travel ban imposed on an academic who was fired from his university job over the...
Vice News reporters acquitted in Turkey after 9-year terrorism trial
A Turkish court has acquitted two Vice News journalists of terrorism-related charges after a nine-year trial stemming from their reporting in Turkey’s restive southeast...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s deputy PM and gov’t spokesman Bekir Bozdağ is an al-Qaeda suspect
By Abdullah Bozkurt
When, not if, one day Turkey’s Islamist rulers stand trial for empowering armed jihadists who have wreaked havoc in Syria and other...
Turkish police raid house of abducted civil servant
The wife of an allegedly abducted former civil servant announced on Twitter on Tuesday that the police searched their residence, although there is still...
Turkey detains more than 1,100 in protests over mayor’s arrest
Police have detained more than 1,100 people, officials said Monday — including journalists — since the detention and subsequent arrest of President Recep Tayyip...
36 face detention over alleged Gülen links in ‘payphone investigation’
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 36 people including active duty and former military officers as well as former military cadets due to...
Turkish refugees attacked and pushed back from Greek shore by unidentified masked men
A group of Turkish asylum seekers claimed that following an attempt to cross the Turkish border via the Evros River in northeastern Greece on...
Watchdog imposes 10-day broadcast ban on network over coverage of protests in Turkey
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog has imposed a 10-day broadcast ban on Sözcü TV and imposed sanctions on three other opposition-aligned stations over their coverage of...
Greek police rescue 64 asylum seekers left on border islet by smugglers: report
Greek police rescued 64 asylum seekers, including 10 children, who had been left by smugglers on a tiny islet in the Evros River, which...
74 ex-Turkish pilots receive life sentences for alleged role in abortive coup
Seventy-four former Turkish pilots on Thursday received life sentences on charges of attempting to overthrow the government in a trial related to a 2016...
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