Turkish businessman arrested in Brazil, faces extradition to Turkey over Gulen links
Turkish-Brazilian dual national Mustafa Göktepe was arrested in São Paulo on Wednesday following an extradition request from the Turkish government over his links to...
ECtHR faults Turkey for violating journalists’ right to freedom of expression
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of two journalists who were jailed for reporting on the...
Turkish diplomats in Cameroon spied on Erdoğan critics
Judicial documents have confirmed that critics of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who had been profiled by Turkish diplomats in Cameroon were included in...
Educator Orhan İnandı feared to have been kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan
Educator Orhan İnandı, founder and director of the Sapat school network in Kyrgyzstan, went missing after leaving his house in Bishkek on Monday evening,...
Lawyer arrested after accusing Erdoğan’s far-right allies of ex-Grey Wolves leader’s murder
A Turkish judge on Sunday ordered the arrest of Dilek Ekmekçi, a lawyer who accused far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leaders, allies of Turkish...
Study reveals 60 percent of Turks have witnessed violence against women
A new study has revealed that almost 60 percent of Turks have witnessed violence against women in their immediate environment amid calls for reinstatement...
Syrian refugees, political opposition and İstanbul Convention were the subjects of most disinformation, report...
Topics that were the subjects of most disinformation on traditional and social media in Turkey were Syrian refugees, political opposition against the Turkish government...
Turkish authorities detain 45 people in a week over alleged Gülen links: minister
Turkish authorities have detained 45 people over the past week for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on...
Ousted mayor of Batman detained as part of terror investigation
Mehmet Demir, ousted mayor of the southeastern city of Batman, was detained by the police yesterday as part of a terrorism-related investigation.
Demir was previously...
112 journalists given various jail sentences in Turkey in 2018
A total of 520 journalists appeared in court in 2018, and 112 of them were given jail sentences of varying durations including aggravated life,...
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