COMMENTARY — Iran might have listened in on Erdoğan-Trump talks
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The office of the Turkish presidency has shared a photo while Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was talking on the phone with US President...
Turkey again blocks X accounts of pro-Kurdish media outlets
Turkish authorities on Friday blocked access to the new X accounts of the pro-Kurdish Yeni Yaşam daily and the Etkin News Agency (ETHA), the...
Recently released CHP deputy Enis Berberoğlu takes oath in Turkish Parliament
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoglu took his oath of office in parliament on Monday after the Supreme Court of...
Turkish gov’t detains hundreds of people, mostly military officers over alleged links to Gülen...
Turkish government has detained some hundreds of people, including over 300 military officers across Turkey on last two days as part of the government's...
PACE committee calls on Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania to respect right to seek asylum...
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s Committee for Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons on Wednesday called on Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania to...
Turkish gov’t detains 537 people in a week over alleged links to Gülen movement
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Turkish gov’t requests that Cambodia extradite alleged members of Gülen movement
The Turkish government repeated its extradition request for three Turkish nationals from Cambodia on Tuesday as part of its massive post-coup global witch hunt...
Turkey blocks exiled journalist Dündar’s YouTube channel over protest call
An İstanbul court has ordered a block on the YouTube channel of journalist living in exile Can Dündar, citing “national security and public order”...
Report: HDP targeted by 57 attacks, 208 members detained, 16 jailed ahead of polls...
Two hundred eight members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) have been detained, 16 HDP members have been jailed and various party offices...
19 press freedom organizations call for release of Turkish journalists jailed on ‘terrorism’ charges
Nineteen press freedom organizations have called for Turkey to release five journalists jailed in recent weeks on charges of “membership in an illegal organization,”...
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