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Detention warrants issued for 48 more people over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for a total of 48 people across 21 provinces due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Jailed German journalist Yücel: Isolation is torture

Turkey's crackdown on journalists will go down in history as a "disgrace," German reporter Deniz Yücel told German daily Die Tageszeitung in a Saturday interview, Deutsche Welle...

Progressive Lawyers Association president arrested by court on terrorism charges

Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD) President Selçuk Kozağaçlı, who was detained on Nov. 8 in İstanbul, has been arrested by a court on charges of...

Turkish court rules Altan brothers, Ilıcak, others to remain in jail

An İstanbul court on Monday ruled that journalists Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan, Nazlı Ilıcak and Fevzi Yazıcı, who were arrested in September 2016 on...

Turkish lieutenant colonel recants testimony, says drugged and tortured

Lt. Col. Levent Türkkan, aide-de-camp of Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, on Monday recanted his previous testimony during a hearing at the...

Businessman jailed in Turkey hopes justice will prevail sooner or later

Osman Kavala, one of Turkey’s most prominent businessmen and civil society activists, has voiced the hope that “justice will prevail sooner or later” in comments...

Military officer candidate asked about Quran and Gezi protests

Amid criticism that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used a failed coup attempt as an opportunity to turn NATO's second biggest army into an Islamist...

Barkey says Turkish FM undersecretary, embassy knew of Büyükada meeting

US academic Henri Barkey, who is being sought by a Turkish prosecutor for planning last year's failed coup attempt during a secret meeting on...

İYİ inaugurates party HQ claiming 19 pct support

The İYİ Party (Good Party, İP) which was established on Oct. 25, inaugurated its new headquarters in Ankara on Saturday. İYİ Party Chairwoman Meral Akşener...

Turkish PM, sons, sue for damages from Cumhuriyet over Paradise Papers

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and his sons have filed a lawsuit for damages in the amount of TL 500,000 against the Cumhuriyet daily...

Appeals court upholds journalist Cemal’s sentences

A Turkish appeals court has upheld a prison sentence and punitive fine for veteran Journalist Hasan Cemal, while reversing a lower court decision acquitting...

144 Turks detained in 2 months while trying to flee to Greek islands

At least 144 people affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement were detained in a period of two months while trying to flee to nearby...

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