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Turkish businessman, mother face lengthy prison sentence over Gülen links

A prosecutor on Tuesday demanded lengthy prison sentences for Turkish businessman Cafer Tekin İpek and his mother, Melek İpek, on charges of membership in the faith-based...

Turkish maritime police clear out Okluk Cove near Erdoğan’s summer mansion

Turkey’s maritime police on Wednesday ordered all vessels to leave Okluk Cove, a harbor in Marmaris where a summer mansion used by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Purged Turkish academics back in university as students

Three Turkish academics previously purged by government decrees have passed the nationwide university entrance exam and are now able to enroll as students, the Gazete Duvar news...

Pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links sent back to prison after losing baby

Hanife Çiftçi, who was jailed in June when she was seven weeks pregnant due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, lost her unborn baby...

Turkish prosecutors: No probe into death of man denied cancer treatment in jail

Two prosecutor’s offices in İstanbul have rejected criminal complaints filed by the family of a man who was denied treatment for cancer while in pre-trial detention...

Another German citizen arrested in Turkey for spreading PKK propaganda

Another German citizen was arrested in Turkey on charges of disseminating propaganda for the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Deutsche Welle English service reported on Tuesday. According...

HRW concerned Turkey pressuring disappeared men to remain silent about ordeal

Turkish authorities’ decision to deny lawyers access to four men who were disappeared in February 2019 but are now confirmed to be in police custody in...

Bar association takes regulation handing vast powers to RTÜK to top Turkish court

The Ankara Bar Association has announced that it has taken a controversial regulation authorizing the country’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to exercise vast powers over...

Daughter of former AKP mayor never worked for municipality, yet paid for 5 years

The daughter of a former Justice and Development Party (AKP) district mayor in southeastern Turkey was paid a total of TL 251,000 (around $45,000) in the...

Access to Bianet news website blocked in Turkey upon demand from gendarmerie

A Turkish court has imposed a ban on access to independent news website Bianet along with other news websites upon a demand from the Gendarmerie General...

Turkish journalist in exile reunites with daughter 3 years after fleeing Turkey

Turkish journalist Arzu Yıldız, who had to flee Turkey in 2016 to avoid a still-ongoing persecution of journalists critical of the government, has been reunited with...

Thousands of Turks march against planned gold mine: report

Thousands of Turks including opposition lawmakers staged a peaceful and unusually large protest on the outskirts of a small western town on Monday against what they...

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