Death toll from sunken migrant boat in Lake Van reaches 31: report
Thirty-one bodies have been recovered from a migrant boat that sank in eastern Turkey’s Lake Van as efforts to locate victims of the accident...
Opposition MP reveals struggles of woman serving sentence for Gülen links with 2 young...
A woman has been serving a seven-year, six-month prison sentence for conviction of links to the faith-based Gülen movement with her two young children...
56 face detention over alleged Gülen links in separate investigations
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 56 people due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Bold Medya news website reported.
As...
Ousted mayor of Batman detained as part of terror investigation
Mehmet Demir, ousted mayor of the southeastern city of Batman, was detained by the police yesterday as part of a terrorism-related investigation.
Demir was previously...
30 detained in Antalya and Istanbul as Turkey’s crackdown on main opposition-run cities deepens
Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained 30 people in raids on the opposition-led municipalities of Antalya and Istanbul, part of a series of corruption investigations...
Erdoğan signs controversial media law critics say will stifle free speech
A controversial media law that attracted widespread criticism from rights groups and the opposition on accusations it will further cripple free speech in Turkey...
Turkey’s post-coup purge makes no exception for children
A post-coup purge in Turkey is continuing to take a huge toll on human life, making no exceptions for children. Mehmet Fatih, Selman, Eymen...
European mayors to visit İstanbul in show of support for jailed İmamoğlu
European Parliament member Dario Nardella announced on social media over the weekend that a group of European mayors will travel to İstanbul this week to show...
Turkish Justice Ministry staff caught on camera telling journalist not to ask any questions
A reporter from FOX TV, which is critical of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, was warned not to ask Justice Minister Bekir...
Turkey investigated 14,186 social media accounts, taking legal action against 6,743 of them in...
Turkish police investigated 14,186 social media accounts in the first seven months of 2020, taking legal action against 6,743 of them on charges of...
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