US Ambassador to Turkey on suspension of visa services: This was not a decision...
US Ambassador to Turkey John Bass has released a written statement on Monday over suspension of all non-immigrant visa services at all US diplomatic...
Exiled novelist Aslı Erdoğan: Turkey has a fascist regime like 1930s Germany
Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, living in exile in Germany as she risks a life sentence on terror charges at home, thinks the writing is...
Turkey seeks lengthy prison sentences for 70 people over ties to popular döner chain...
Turkish prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against 70 people connected to popular restaurant franchise Maydonoz Döner, alleging links to the faith-based Gülen movement, a...
Decorated commander of Turkey’s elite Maroon Berets, nominated for a senior UN post, brutally...
A former commander of the Turkish Special Forces, nominated for a UN post as a senior security officer, revealed in a petition to the...
ECtHR again faults Turkey for pretrial detention of 379 after 2016 failed coup
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has once again faulted Turkey over the arrest and pretrial detention of 379 people following a failed...
Turkish prosecutor orders detention of 292 military officers and cadets over alleged Gülen links
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 292 active duty and former military officers and cadets due to their alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkish police briefly detain teen over ‘Kurdistan’ T-shirt, ill-treatment alleged
Police in southeastern Turkey briefly detained and allegedly beat a 15-year-old boy for wearing a T-shirt bearing the word “Kurdistan” on Tuesday, the Numedya...
7 opposition mayors switch to Erdoğan’s ruling party amid pressure campaign
Seven mayors from four different opposition parties joined President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Wednesday, the latest in a...
US senator tells American businesses to avoid investing in Turkey
US Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma told American businessman he would not recommend going to Turkey for business due to its poor treatment of US citizens, during...
Jailed Turkish businessman Kavala seen with wife in first prison photo in 260 days
Renowned Turkish businessman and human rights activist Osman Kavala, who has been in pre-trial detention since November 2017, is seen with his wife, Professor...
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