Life sentences sought for 7 people, including journalist Hidayet Karaca, over Gülen links
An Ankara prosecutor on Wednesday sought life sentences for 7 people, including jailed journalist Hidayet Karaca, the former chairman of now-closed Samanyolu Broadcasting Group...
Swedish FM Wallström cancels Turkey visit over its military campaign in Afrin
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström has cancelled her Turkey visit in two weeks due to the Turkish military campaign in Afrin province of northern...
Visually-impaired journalist Arat, jailed for 7 months, denied access to Braille books in Turkish...
Visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, under arrest over alleged ties to the Gülen movement since July 2017, has said in a letter that...
US demands Turkish gov’t to free Amnesty’s Kılıç and end state of emergency
The US State Department has criticised Turkey for its treatment of the jailed Amnesty International Turkey Chairman Taner Kılıç and called for an end...
Turkish opposition leader calls on top court to push for implementation of journalist ruling
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Tuesday called on the Constitutional Court to push for implementation of its...
EP’s Harms calls on Georgia not to extradite Emre Çabuk to Turkey
Rebecca Harms, European Parliament member and Co-President of Euronest PA, called on the Georgian government on Tuesday not to extradite Mustafa Emre Çabuk to...
Turkish court releases only one of jailed journalists facing coup charges
An İstanbul court on Tuesday decided to release a jailed journalist for medical reasons in the latest hearing of a trial in which 29...
Georgian Prosecutor applies to court for deportation of jailed Turkish educator Çabuk to Turkey
The Chief Prosecutor Office of Georgia has reportedly applied to Tbilisi Provincial Court for deportation of Mustafa Emre Çabuk, who was detained last year...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan has ruined the lives of 1 million people in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The criminal investigations, prosecutions and trials in politically motivated cases on trumped-up terrorism and coup plotting charges have ruined the lives of...
Turkish Medical Association’s 8 detained members released
Eight members of the Turkish Medical Association’s (TTB) central council who were detained last week over a critical statement on Turkey’s military operation in...
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