Another journalist arrested for revealing information about intel officer killed in Libya
Murat Ağırel, a journalist from the ultranationalist Yeniçağ daily, has been arrested for revealing information about a Turkish intelligence officer slain in Libya, according...
Cellmate lawyer recounts torture leading to 2016 death of Turkish teacher in police custody
A Turkish lawyer who shared a police detention cell with teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu has said he witnessed signs of torture before Açıkkollu died in...
Corruption investigations into Turkey’s AKP gov’t will be relaunched, says opposition lawmaker
Levent Gök, a lawmaker from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has said they intend to reopen the December 17-25, 2013 bribery and...
RSF slams ‘political’ justice in Turkey over Khashoggi murder
A day before a Turkish probe resumes into the killing of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Reporters Without Borders on Monday slammed political influence on...
Turkish troops and FSA units advance 7,5 km inside border in operation targeting Syria’s...
As Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has continued to shell positions of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKk) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria's...
In a first, Kurdish mayors removed from office are reinstated in Turkey
The co-mayors of a district in a predominantly Kurdish province in eastern Turkey who had been removed from office earlier this year have been...
Turkish court sentences teacher Duman, abducted by MİT from Malaysia, to 18 years in...
Alaettin Duman, a Turkish teacher in Malaysia who was abducted by agents of Turkey's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) from Kuala Lumpur in 2016...
Turkish journalist Ener sentenced to 7,5 years in prison over alleged links to Gülen...
A court in İstanbul has sentenced Yeni Asya daily editor Naciye Nur Ener Kılınç to 7,5 years in prison and ruled for the continuation of her...
Turkey investigates main opposition leader for ‘targeting’ controversial prosecutor
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into Özgür Özel, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), for his recent remarks targeting İstanbul’s...
Turkey detains 139 for allegedly planning terrorist attacks during Nevruz celebrations
Turkish security forces have detained 139 people in 15 provinces across the country for allegedly planning terrorist attacks to be carried out during Nevruz...
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