Dismissed Turkish police officer dies after delayed prison release
A former Turkish police officer died on Monday after a prolonged battle with advanced gallbladder cancer following a delay in a temporary release from...
JWF report reveals political abuse of INTERPOL’s notice system by AKP gov’t
A report by the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), a New York-based international civil society organization, has shown through two cases that Turkish authorities...
Turkish gov’t issues detention warrants for 15 journalists over alleged Gülen links
Eight media workers were detained on Wednesday during operations in seven provinces following the issuance of detention warrants by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's...
Turkey jails 15 pending trial in investigation targeting people accused of Gülen links
A Turkish court jailed 15 people pending trial after they were detained in an Ankara-led investigation targeting 28 people accused by authorities of links...
Google accused of censoring independent media outlets in Turkey
Turkish journalists accuse search engine giant Google of indirectly censoring independent media outlets through recent algorithm adjustments that have significantly reduced visibility for many...
ByLock data tool of ‘malicious prosecution,’ not evidence: report
Data acquired from the ByLock smartphone application that Turkish courts accept as evidence of terrorist activity are not legal or admissible pieces of evidence...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 227 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 250 social media accounts and taken legal action against 227 users over the last week (Oct.15-Oct.22, 2018) on accusations...
Turkey probes 22 for espionage over alleged searches involving Erdoğan in financial database
A former senior official at Turkey’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) is among 22 people under investigation over alleged unauthorized activity in the agency’s...
Turkish intelligence agency MIT conducts covert surveillance at US funeral to identify Erdogan critics:...
The Turkish intelligence agency covertly conducted surveillance on US soil to identify individuals, including many American citizens, critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government,...
Official documents reveal illegal profiling of alleged Gülen movement followers
Official documents shared on Twitter by a former prosecutor showed how Ministry of Health bureaucrats profiled alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement in...
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