Use of Skype, Tango, TikTok, WhatsApp can be considered terrorist activity in Turkey
The use of popular social networking and communication platforms such as Facebook, Skype, Tango, WhatsApp, Coco, Kakao, Falco, Coverme and TikTok may very well...
Alleged details of Paris killings of 3 Kurdish women by Turkey’s MİT exposed
Pro-Kurdish Fırat news agency (ANF), which is affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has released alleged new details about Paris killings on...
Turkish dentist sentenced to 7,5 years over NBA star Kanter’s selfie taken on his...
A Turkish dentist identified only as A.I.B. has been sentenced to 7,5 years in prison nearly one-and-a-half-years after he was detained because NBA player...
Another opposition politician attacked following Erdoğan’s threats
Buğra Kavuncu, the İstanbul provincial chairman of the opposition İYİ (Good) Party, was attacked on Friday while leaving a TV studio where he appeared on...
305 minors appeared in court on Erdoğan insult charges in 2021: opposition deputy
A total of 9,168 criminal cases were opened against people in Turkey on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last year, with 305...
Kyrgyz protest over missing Gülen-linked educator
Hundreds protested in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday after educator Orhan İnandı, founder of a prestigious school network, went missing in Bishkek and is feared to...
Turkey’s top court orders retrial in Gülen case, citing rights violations and insufficient evidence
Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) has ordered a retrial for Hasan Sarıcı, who was convicted of membership in the faith-based Gülen movement, citing violations of...
Turkish opposition mayor arrested, suspended from office pending trial
A Turkish court on Monday ordered the arrest of Bolu Mayor Tanju Özcan, a member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), with...
Turkey issued detention warrants for 176 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have over the past week ordered the detention of 176 people including teachers, doctors, academics, lawyers, active duty and dismissed military officers,...
Turkey’s border guards shooting, torturing Syrians: HRW
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Turkish border guards of shooting, torturing and using excessive force against Syrians seeking to flee their war-racked country...
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