Anti-terror police detain woman just hours after giving birth on alleged Gülen links
Anti-terror police have detained Fadime G., who gave birth just several hours ago in Alanya Başkent Hospital in Antalya province, over alleged links with...
Detained mother of five children released by court with 50.000 TL bail
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Nagehan G., who was detained as she was visiting his arrested husband in Sincan Prision in Ankara together with her five children, was released...
Indictment seeks up to 15 years jail for academics over Gülen links
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of from seven-and-a-half to 15 years for 15 academics from the İstanbul-based Marmara...
Justice minister slams EU countries for not extraditing alleged Gülen followers
Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has criticized some EU countries for what he said was their failure to extradite alleged followers of the faith-based...
HDP Deputy And Spokesperson Bilgen and MP Botan detained again
Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and the party’s spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen, who was detained at Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Sunday, has been detained...
Former TRT announcer detained as tries to flee from Turkey
Former TRT announcer Hamza Günerigök has been detained as he was trying to flee from Turkey to Greece in illegal ways. The government has...
HDP deputy İdris Baluken released
HDP deputy İdris Baluken, who was arrested on Nov. 4, 2016 in the framework of an investigation opened by a prosecutor in Bingöl province,...
Turkey seized 809 companies with worth $10 billion
Turkish government has effectively nationalized 809 companies by taking over their management or turning them over to the Treasury as of January 2017 as...
Detention warrants issued for 15 at Air Forces Command over Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 10 officers and five civilians at the Air Forces Command over their alleged links to the faith-based...
625 detained, 42 arrested in anti-Gülen operations in one week
A total of 625 people were detained, with 42 of them put under arrest, in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past...
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