Turkey’s ‘Saturday Mothers’ to meet for 700th time to seek justice for disappeared loved...
"The Saturday Mothers," a group demanding justice for loved ones who disappeared while in custody in Turkey in the ’90s, will gather for the...
Most Turks opposed possible court move to reinstate Kılıçdaroğlu: poll
A majority of Turks opposed a possible court ruling that would annul the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 2023 congress and reinstate former...
Cancer patient woman seeks whereabouts of son abducted in Turkey’s capital
The mother of Ümit Horzum, a dismissed public servant who was reportedly abducted from his car in Ankara earlier this month, has asked for...
New warden pressuring inmates with arbitrary restrictions in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison, families claim
Kahraman Topaloğlu, the new warden of a notorious prison in İstanbul’s Silivri district, is imposing arbitrary restrictions in order to put psychological pressure on...
Jailed NASA scientist Gölge says he is being held hostage by Turkish government
Dr. Serkan Gölge, a NASA scientist who was sentenced to seven years, six months in prison in February due to his alleged links to...
Turkey seeks renewed extradition push against Gülen-linked people despite past rejections
Turkey will update and resubmit extradition requests for people accused of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Justice Minister Akın Gürlek has said, signaling...
Turkish agricultural engineer goes missing in Rize province
An agricultural engineer, Nuh Yiğit, has disappeared in the Black Sea province of Rize where he went earlier this week to look for a...
Turkish Twitter users call for release of pregnant woman kept in prison despite regulations
Turkish Twitter users launched a hashtag campaign on Sunday calling on authorities to release Huriye Acun, an eight-and-a-half-month-pregnant woman who has been kept in...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s intel agency trafficked drugs and stolen vehicles to jihadists in Syria
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A hushed-up investigation in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara in early 2014 reveals how intelligence officers on the payroll of the National...
Former police officer jailed over alleged Gülen links dies of heart attack in prison
Durmuş Zorlu, a 54-year-old former police officer imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died of a heart attack in İzmir’s Kırıklar Prison on...
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