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Oda TV editor-in-chief gets suspended sentence for ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

Barış Pehlivan, editor-in-chief of the Oda TV news website, has been given a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days for “insulting” Turkish President...

Amnesty International slams ‘show trial’ of human rights activists in Turkey

Amnesty International issued a statement on their website on Wednesday harshly criticizing judicial proceedings involving 11 human rights activists in Turkey, calling it a...

Former minister forms ‘Good Party’ to challenge President Erdoğan, AKP

Former interior minister and deputy speaker of the Turkish Parliament Meral Akşener on Wednesday launched a political party to challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Pro-gov’t Turkish mafia leader defends threat against Academics for Peace

Pro-government ultranationalist Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker, who had threatened signatories of the Academics for Peace (BAK) declaration of Jan. 11 2016, has defended...

[BREAKING] 2 journalists, 1 teacher released after 416 days in pretrial detention

Atilla Taş, a former singer and a columnist for the now-closed Meydan daily, Murat Aksoy, former columnist of now-closed Bugün daily, and Davut Aydın,...

Turkey’s main opposition party calls for early local elections

Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday called for early local elections, in a challenge to the chairperson of...

US officials to visit Turkish-American NASA researcher jailed in Turkey

US consular officials were given permission to visit Turkish-American dual citizen and NASA researcher Serkan Gölge, who has been held for 15 months in...

Erdoğan regime to spend TL 5.5 billion for construction of 39 new prisons

The regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will spend TL 5.5 billion for the construction of 39 new prisons in various provinces of...

Turkey bans imprisoned journalist’s book on human rights violations

The newly released book on human rights violations in Turkey in the aftermath of a failed coup last year, written by Naciye Nur Ener,...

[VIDEO] Terror investigation launched into Galatasaray’s Rocky display

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has ordered an anti-terror investigation into a Rocky Balboa display put on by Galatasaray fans during a Sunday derby with...

After meeting with Erdoğan, Ankara mayor says he’ll resign on Saturday

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek announced after a meeting with ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on...

Pro-Kurdish, leftist journalists detained on Friday released

Five pro-Kurdish and leftist journalists who were detained in police raids on their houses early Friday have been released, the T24 news website reported...

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