If I were him I would quit German national team, Mesut Özil’s father says
Famous international footballer Mesut Özil’s father, Mustafa Özil, has said he would retire from international ball with Germany if he were in his son’s...
Academic from Scottish university arrested in Turkey for criticizing Erdoğan
An outspoken Aberdeen University academic has been arrested in Turkey for posting critical commentary online about the country’s leader.
Lawyer Hanifi Barış, who graduated from...
Turkish government closes down 3 more newspapers and a TV station
Three newspapers -- Özgürlükçü Demokrasi, Halkın Nabzı and the Diyarbakır-based Welat -- along with the Avantaj television station were closed down by the Turkish...
Turkey’s governor’s office in Adana province bans LGBTI pride march
The Adana Governor’s Office has banned an LGBTI pride parade scheduled to take place on Saturday in the southern province of Adana over “possible...
199 Turkish academics who signed ‘peace petition’ sacked in latest decree
One hundred ninety-nine Turkish academics who signed a 2016 petition calling for a peaceful end to Turkey’s three-decades-old conflict with Kurdish militants are among...
Turkish gov’t detains 347 military officers in a week over alleged links to Gülen...
The Turkish government has detained 347 military personnel, including high-ranking officers on active duty, in the week between July 2 and July 8 as...
Turkish gov’t dismisses more than 18,500 civil servants over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish government dismissed a total of 18,632 public employees from their posts by a government decree under the state of emergency declared in the...
Turkish court sentences former Kurdish co-mayor to 10 years in prison
A Turkish court has sentenced the former co-mayor of Turkey’s southeastern city of Siirt to 10 years in prison on terrorism-related offences, according to...
Four university students detained over placards allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Three students of Turkey's prestigious Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara were detained for carrying placards that allegedly insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...
Turkey’s Erdoğan to appoint top bureaucrats based on CVs submitted to his office
With the start of a new presidential system in Turkey on Monday, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will appoint hundreds of important bureaucrats from...
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