Turkey ordered detention of 68 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 68 people due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to local...
Rights violations of Gülen movement members constitute crimes against humanity: report
A report by the Institute for Diplomacy and Economy (INSTITUDE) has revealed that the scale, scope, gravity, intensity and prevalence of human rights violations...
Severe post-coup tortures by Ali Türkşen, a founder of Turkey’s new party, exposed
New evidences of severe torture done by Ali Türkşen, a former military officer who had been convicted in the Ergenekon case, who is also among...
16 inmates in one Turkish prison diagnosed with COVID-19 as cases soar
A total of 16 inmates have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in northern Turkey’s Karabük Prison as cases countrywide have increased dramatically, reaching 1,866,345 on...
Veteran Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay: I was jailed for criticizing the AKP’s authoritarian drift
Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay in an interview on Friday linked his jailing after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 to his...
Turkey blocks hundreds of social media accounts after protests over İstanbul mayor’s detention and...
Turkish authorities have blocked access to dozens of social media accounts that have posted about protests following the detention and subsequent arrest and removal...
Flynn admits to making false statements regarding work performed for Turkey
Former National Security Advisor to the Trump administration Michael Flynn has admitted to making false statements in a Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) filing...
Turkey orders hundreds of detentions over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 279 people in the last five days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
Turkey to auction off renowned dessert chain seized over alleged Gülen links
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has announced plans to auction off Faruk Güllüoğlu, a major dessert chain that was confiscated following a 2016...
Twitter removes Turkish far-right leader’s tweet targeting Boğaziçi students
A tweet posted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ultranationalist ally Devlet Bahçeli that referred to students protesting the appointment of a pro-government...
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