Turkish journalist arrested over alleged insult of Erdoğan in social media posts
A Turkish court on Friday ordered the arrest of journalist Alican Uludağ, a reporter for Deutsche Welle’s Turkish service, on charges of insulting President...
Detention warrants issued for 42 over alleged Gülen links, 26 detained
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 42 people over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, with 26 of them taken into custody,...
Turkish court releases jailed journalists Bulaç and Özdemir in Zaman daily trial
A Turkish court ruled on Friday to release jailed journalists Ali Bulaç and Mehmet Özdemir, who are among 11 former columnists and editors of...
Erdoğan harassed top court judges over removal of freeze on HDP funds: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan telephoned some members of Turkey’s Constitutional Court earlier this month to account for their decision to remove a freeze...
At least 80 pregnant women detained or arrested in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown
At least 80 pregnant women have been arbitrarily detained or arrested over their suspected links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the...
Four killed in Iraqi airstrike blamed on Turkey
Four people were killed on Monday in an airstrike blamed on Turkey in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Kurdish sources.
Turkey often...
62 former military cadets indicted on coup charges 5.5 years after coup attempt
Turkish prosecutors have indicted 62 former military cadets on charges of attempting to overturn the constitutional order due to their alleged role in a...
Turkish spy agency steps up recruitment of informants among diaspora during holiday season
As millions of Turkish flock to Turkey’s resort towns and cities for the summer holidays, the country’s intelligence agency, Milli İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), has...
Azerbaijani activist Bayram Memmedov found dead in İstanbul
Azerbaijani activist Bayram Memmedov was found dead in İstanbul yesterday after disappearing for three days, Turkish media reported.
Friends of Memmedov had reported him missing...
At least 1,371 workers died in occupational accidents in first three quarters of 2024:...
Turkey recorded at least 1,371 deaths in work-related accidents in the first nine months of this year, the Health and Safety Labour Watch/Turkey (İSİG)...
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