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Number of bar associations boycotting judicial ceremony at Erdoğan palace rises to 41

Following the decision of nine bar associations across Turkey to boycott the opening ceremony of the new judicial year at the presidential palace in Ankara on...

Turkish gov’t fires 3 Kurdish mayors, detains hundreds on terrorism charges

Turkey’s Interior Ministry fired three elected mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and detained more than 400 people  on terrorism charges on...

Pro-gov’t media firm in crisis mode after advertising revenue from İstanbul municipality cut

The Türk Media Group, owned by pro-government businessman Ethem Sancak, has gone into financial crisis after the new administration of the İstanbul Municipality has stopped paying TL...

9 bar associations to boycott new judicial year opening at presidential palace

Nine bar associations across Turkey have turned down an invitation from the Supreme Court of Appeals to the opening ceremony of the new judicial year at...

More than a hundred graves vandalized in Turkey’s south

Over a hundred graves were vandalized and spray painted with threatening messages on Wednesday night in the Reyhanlı district of Hatay province in southern Turkey, the Sol...

Medical student jailed over Gülen links begs for justice in letter

Münise Kübra Çakırçoban, a medical student who was put behind bars three years ago due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, has asked for justice...

Lawyer who mysteriously appeared says previously missing men are just fine

A lawyer who represented in court two of four previously missing men who were allegedly kidnapped by the Turkish intelligence agency in February and were missing...

Erdoğan has made more than 2,000 appointments to state posts in 13 months

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made a total of 2,241 appointments to state posts since he was elected president in 2018 under a newly adopted...

Seized Gülen-affiliated companies are used to reward AKP cronies: report

After Turkish companies affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement were transferred to Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF), the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) started to...

Man sought over Gülen links reported to police by relatives during Eid visit

A 39-year-old Turkish man who was sought by a prosecutor on allegations of membership in the faith-based Gülen movement was reported to police by his relatives...

AKP deputy says babies accompanying mothers in jail even provided with diapers

A Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy has said more than 800 children who are accompanying their mothers in Turkey’s prisons are being taken good care...

Turkey jails yet another pregnant woman on terrorism charges

A woman who is in the fourth month of her pregnancy and was detained by police during a raid on her house in Diyarbakır’s...

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