Georgia detains a Turkish educator at request of Turkish PM Yıldırım during his visit
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Georgia has detained Mustafa Emre Çabuk, a Turkish educator who has lived in Georgia and has served for Georgian people for last 15 years on Wednesday...
Brig. General Caha says July 15 coup carried out under control of chief of...
Brig. Gen. Erhan Caha, one of 221 suspects including over two dozen former Turkish generals accused of being ringleaders of an attempted coup on...
Karaman and Özçelik, Turkish nationals deported illegally by Malaysian gov’t, arrested by Ankara court
Turkish educators Turgay Karaman and İsmet Özçelik, who were turned over to Turkey by Malaysian government under questionable circumstances with a total disregard to due...
Turkish police detains dozens during protests over arrest of Gülmen and Özakça
Turkish police has detained tens of people during the protests staged in support of jailed Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, who are on hunger...
Turkish colonel accusing Gülen of coup plotting says his testimony taken under torture
A Turkish colonel whose testimony was key to supporting the Turkish government’s argument that a failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 was...
Backlash from Congress grows over attack on protestors by Turkish security
As Turkey attempts to shift the blame to US law enforcement for a violent attack by Turkish security personnel on protestors outside the Turkish...
Gülmen and Özakça, two dismissed educators on hunger strike, arrested in Turkey
Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who went on a hunger strike after they were fired by government decrees in the aftermath of...
Turkish prosecutor accuses hunger striker educator of ‘playing guitar’
Academic Nuriye Gülmen and teacher Semih Özakça, who have been on hunger strike for 76 days following months of their sitt-in protest in Ankara...
Turkey’s espionage activities in Malaysia exposed as more details uncovered
The abductions, detentions and extraditions of three Turkish nationals in Malaysia as part of clandestine operation by Turkey’s state security services in cooperation with...
Turkish goverment says 560 children kept in prisons along with mothers across Turkey
560 children, aged between 0 to 6, are being held in Turkish prisons along with their mothers, according to data given by Turkey's Justice...
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