Deportation of Uyghurs from Muslim countries raises concerns about China’s growing reach: report
An increasing number of deportations of Uyghurs from Muslim countries including Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia to China raises concerns about...
Turkish courts hand down prison sentences to 41 people over alleged Gülen links
Turkish courts on Wednesday handed down sentences to 41 people as part of the Turkish government's massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Fresh fingerprint evidence casts doubt on 2015 police killings that ended peace talks with...
A newly released forensic report has raised fresh doubts about the 2015 killings of two police officers in the southeastern town of Ceylanpınar, an...
Top Turkish court reinstates 178 judges, prosecutors removed from office due to Gülen links
Turkey’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has in a landmark decision ruled to reinstate 178 judges and prosecutors who had been removed...
Scientist Gölge unable to return NASA due to imposition of travel ban
Serkan Gölge, a Turkish-American scientist imprisoned in Turkey for nearly three years due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement, was released from...
8 detained in police raids in İstanbul over alleged Gülen links
Turkish police on Saturday detained eight people following raids in İstanbul due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, Turkish Minute reported.
The detentions...
Purge victim details emotional toll his wife’s death took on family
Yusuf Coşkun, a former teacher imprisoned for links to the Gülen movement, wrote a letter to his brother detailing the suffering he experienced in...
Prison sentence, political ban imposed on CHP İstanbul chair spark outrage
A recent decision by Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals to uphold a political ban and prison sentence for the head of the İstanbul branch...
Press groups urge Turkey to release journalist before court hearing
The International Press Institute, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Federation of Journalists and other press freedom and human rights groups have called on Turkey...
Doğan Media Group fires TV presenter who says ‘no’ to new charter
Turkey’s Doğan Media Group has fired İrfan Değirmenci, a presenter on Kanal D, because he declared on social media that he would vote “no”...
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