Turkey blocks nearly 400 Gülen-linked accounts in digital crackdown
Turkey’s Communications Directorate has announced the blocking of nearly 400 social media accounts it claims are linked to the faith-based Gülen movement, in the...
Turkey detains 30 people over alleged Gülen links
Thirty people, including active duty and dismissed military officers, have been detained on warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors for alleged links to the Gülen...
Turkey’s communications agency takes propaganda war to next stage with truck offering ‘UAV flight...
A truck transformed into a digital and technology platform by the Communications Directorate of the Turkish Presidency offers a flight experience with an unmanned...
92-year-old man dies after being hit by Turkish police vehicle in Tunceli
Ali Sezer (92) died after he was hit by an armored police vehicle in the eastern province of Tunceli, local Turkish media reported.
According to...
Turkey media regulator gives online government-critical news outlet 72 hours to obtain licenses
Turkey’s media regulator has ordered Tele2 Haber, an online news outlet that is critical of the government, to apply for two separate internet broadcasting...
PACE committee urges action against transnational repression, reveals Turkey’s tactics
Unanimously adopting a draft resolution on May 23 based on a report by Christopher Chope (United Kingdom, EC/DA), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s...
Turkish parliament expels opposition lawmaker known for human rights activism
Turkey's parliament on Wednesday expelled opposition MP and prominent human rights defender Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu after a controversial conviction over a social media post,...
Turkish gov’t indicts father of NBA star Kanter over his alleged links to Gülen...
Mehmet Kanter, the father of NBA star and New York Knicks center Enes Kanter, has been indicted by Turkish prosecutors on charges of membership...
CHP youth leader gets suspended sentence over post criticizing prosecutor
A Turkish court on Thursday handed down a suspended sentence of more than one year to Cem Aydın, head of the youth wing of...
Turkey arrests 3 more Kurdish politicians
An executive from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and two co-mayors in an eastern province were jailed on Tuesday, in the latest episode...
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