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Turkish opposition files criminal complaint over irregularities reported by Court of Accounts

Canan Kaftancıoğlu, the İstanbul provincial chairman of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has filed a criminal complaint against the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İBB) and...

Journalist parts ways with pro-gov’t Hürriyet, citing censorship efforts

Ayşe Baykal, who used to write for the Internet edition of the pro-government Hürriyet daily, announced on Monday that she had parted ways with...

Sports presenter given 6-year jail sentence due to alleged Gülen links

Sports presenter Yasir Kaya has been handed down a prison sentence of six years, three months on charges of membership in a terrorist organization...

Jailed elderly woman sends letter to imprisoned Kurdish politician Demirtaş

Sisê Bingöl, an elderly and ailing woman who is in prison on terrorism charges, has sent a letter to Selahattin Demirtaş, a Kurdish politician...

Anchor admits Fox TV avoided broadcasting opposition deputy’s speech

Turkey’s Fox TV anchor Fatih Portakal on Monday admitted that they had avoided broadcasting an opposition deputy’s speech in parliament due to fear of...

Detention warrants issued for 26 Turkish Land Forces personnel over Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday issued detention warrants for 26 members of the Turkish Land Forces as part of a post-coup...

Turkey detains 505 people over Gülen links in past week

Turkish police detained 505 people between Oct. 29 and Nov. 5 as part of its post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the Gülen movement, according...

Turkish court rules to keep journalist Baransu in prison

A Turkish court on Friday ruled for the continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct Taraf newspaper,...

Teacher detained over Gülen links recounts gruesome memories of torture

A Turkish teacher who was detained part of an ongoing government-led crackdown on followers of the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a failed...

393 women in Turkey murdered in domestic violence since January 2017

Three hundred ninety-three women in Turkey were killed in incidents of domestic violence over the last 19 months, according to the Interior Ministry. Opposition deputy...

Bill preventing dismissed doctors from working in state-subsidized hospitals passes in parliament committee

A committee in the Turkish parliament on Friday passed a bill that would prevent doctors dismissed from their jobs during a two-year-long state of...

Detention warrants issued for 50 people over Gülen links

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 50 people as part of a crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement,...

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