CHP’s jailed deputy Berberoğlu protests Turkish court decision with self-imposed isolation
Enis Berberoğlu, a jailed deputy of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and former editor-in-chief of Hürriyet daily, decided on Saturday to isolate...
Ukrainian journalists concerned over journalist İnan’s extradition to Turkey
Turkish journalist Yusuf Inan’s forced return from Ukraine to Turkey is worrisome, Sergei Tomilenko, chairman of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NSJU), said...
Turkish woman, dismissed over alleged links to Gülen movement, dies of brain tumor
Rukiye Öztürk, a Turkish woman who was removed from her job as a Quran teacher over alleged links to the Gülen movement, part of...
Giving birth at Gülen-linked Turkish hospital cited as reason for termination from job
Workers who were fired from their jobs at İzmir’s Ege University lost their jobs because they had a baby or received medical treatment at...
Detention warrants issued in large-scale probe into activist social media accounts in Turkey
The İstanbul Chief Prosecutor’s Office has started to issue detention warrants in a massive investigation into social media accounts run by activists posting on...
Turkey’s court of appeals declines to halt CHP’s Berberoğlu trial due to re-election
The 16th Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday rejected an application made by lawyers representing jailed Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy...
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP: Party member abducted by masked gunmen
Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) member and businessman Kamil Acar was abducted by masked gunmen in Diyarbakır province on Thursday night according to...
Bodies of Turkish mother and 1-year-old son found on banks of Evros River
The bodies of Hatice Akçabay and her 1-year-old son Bekir Aras, who went missing when a boat capsized on Wednesday, have been found on...
Turkish prosecutors open probe into pro-Kurdish HDP deputies for attending PKK funeral
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into two pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies for attending the funeral of a Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist...
Erdoğan adviser: New presidential system resembles joint-stock company
Mehmet Uçum, a top aide of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, described a new executive presidential system in Turkey as “a one-man government in...
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