Interior minister targets opposition daily for reporting on Turkey’s ‘deep state’
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has targeted the Cumhuriyet daily, critical of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, for reporting on several photos...
Turkish gov’t jails 523 military personnel in past year on coup-related charges
Over the past year, a total of 523 soldiers were arrested among 989 military members for whom detention warrants were issued by Turkish prosecutors...
Iconic İstanbul inn to be returned to Armenian foundation 92 years after confiscation by...
The Sanasaryan Inn, one of the oldest Armenian buildings in İstanbul, which was confiscated by the Turkish state in 1930, will be returned to...
Jailed Turkish journalist Bayram Kaya: Being a prisoner is like a small death
Turkish journalist Bayram Kaya, who was sentenced to six years, three months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, says “hope” and “longing”...
Greek top court upholds extradition of former Erdoğan confidant to Turkey: report
Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, on Tuesday ruled in favor of extraditing to Turkey businessman Ali Yeşildağ, a former confidant of...
Health of cancer patient convicted on terrorism charges deteriorates
The health of Ayşe Özdoğan, 34, who suffers from a rare form of cancer and is facing imprisonment on a terrorism conviction, has seriously...
Former Turkish judge Okur: Erdoğan called me and said, ‘They will get my son,...
İbrahim Okur, former head of the First Chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), said then-Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Elder brother of man who lost his wife in Athens last week detained in...
Mehmet Ali Uludağ, whose wife died Athens last week as he was waiting in Germany to reunite with his family, who had to flee...
Teachers suspended after ex-mayor targeted rainbow decoration for ‘promoting homosexuality’
Turkey’s Ministry of Education temporarily suspended a teacher and a school principal for using a rainbow decoration at a school event after public criticism...
Turkey detains five over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish police detained five individuals, including two academics, on Monday as part of a crackdown on alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement, Turkish...
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