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Turkey sentences 3 to prison over Ghosn escape from Japan

An İstanbul court on Wednesday sentenced three Turks to four years, two months in prison for helping smuggle former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn in...

Key suspect in arms smuggling to Syria dies in mysterious car accident

Cevheri Güven Heysem Topalca, a notorious Syrian arms smuggler working under the alias “Ghost Commander” who since the beginning of the Syrian civil war has...

219 pregnant women, mothers detained or arrested over Gülen links in 4 years

A total of 219 pregnant women and women with children under six years of age were arbitrarily detained or arrested over their suspected links...

Photojournalist who captured murder of Kurdish student in 2017 standing trial on terror charges

The first hearing in the trial of photojournalist Abdurrahman Gök, in which he faces 20 years in prison on charges of "membership in a...

Greek jets accused of harassing Turkish boat in Aegean

Turkey on Tuesday accused Greek fighter jets of harassing a Turkish boat in the Aegean as tensions rise again between the NATO allies over...

Child abuse conviction overturned after defendant accuses victims’ family of Gülen ties

Cevheri Güven Yaşar Özdemir, 72, was arrested for sexually abusing two underage girls and was sentenced to 16 years, eight months in prison. However, he...

Top court decision to uphold sentence of rights advocate MP draws global outrage

Politicians, journalists and human rights activists from around the world have reacted on social media against a recent decision by Turkey’s top court to...

Opposition MP requests parliamentary inquiry into failed operation in Iraq

An opposition lawmaker has requested the opening of a parliamentary inquiry into a botched rescue operation by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in northern...

Biden’s challenge with Erdoğan

Ali Dinçer* It has been a month since Joe Biden was inaugurated as the new US president, following an election campaign during which he pledged...

Uproar erupts as AKP deputy labels strip-search victims ‘dishonorable’ for belated legal action

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy group chairperson Özlem Zengin caused an uproar after describing the victims of strip-searches in Turkey’s prisons and...

Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals upholds prison sentence handed down to rights advocate lawmaker

Turkey's top court on Friday upheld a prison sentence of two years, six months handed down to pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer...

Normalization with Israel: the card up Erdoğan’s sleeve

Cevheri Güven The Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) paid a visit to Haifa Feb. 15-17 to conduct a joint training exercise. Turkey, which for...

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