Report: Soon-to-be-displaced residents of Turkey’s ancient Hasankeyf have nowhere to go
The Ilısu Dam, nearing completion in southeastern Turkey, will soon displace residents of the ancient settlement of Hasankeyf, but many of them will be...
Turkish appeals court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP deputy to 7 years in prison
A Turkish appeals court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Burcu Çelik Özkan to prison for alleged terrorism propaganda, according to a...
Turkish gov’t detains 50 teachers and more over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained at least 50 teachers on Tuesday in an Ankara-based probe as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
Jailed Turkish journalist Mustafa Ünal: My scream for justice has faded away in a...
Mustafa Ünal (50), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the shuttered Zaman daily, has urged the judges in his trial to...
Jailed journalist Ilıcak appears in Turkish court on espionage charges
Renowned journalist Nazlı Ilıcak, who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016 and given an aggravated...
Survey shows Turkish citizens feeling increasingly insecure and nostalgic
The number of people in Turkey who say they feel insecure and "nostalgic” about the past is increasing, according to a biannual survey carried...
Turkish gov’t launches legal action against 154 social media users in a week
The Turkish Interior Ministry has stated that 337 social media accounts have been investigated on charges of “inciting people to enmity and hostility” and...
Turkish court gives life sentences to 38 military personnel over their alleged role in...
The Turkish government detained dozens of people on Monday over suspected links to the Gülen movement as part of a massive post-coup witch hunt,...
Pro-gov’t daily: Turkey, Russia could conduct joint operation to abduct Fethullah Gülen
Turkey and Russia could carry out a joint operation to abduct US-based Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen to Turkey due to Gülen’s alleged role in...
Afghans collect 1 million signatures to prevent seizure of Turkish schools by Erdoğan regime
Afghans have collected 1 million signatures to prevent the transfer of Turkish schools founded by businessmen and operated by educators allegedly affiliated with the...
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