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Turkish justice minister says some 50,000 jailed over Gülen links

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül on Sunday said 49,697 people have been jailed as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, which...

2 former judges detained while fleeing to Greece

Former judges Bülent Kınay and Fatih Mehmet Uslu were detained by Turkish security forces while trying to flee to Greece from Turkey’s Edirne province...

Journalist Eryılmaz given suspended sentence, writer Çetin detained on terror allegations

A Turkish court on Friday handed down a suspended sentence of 15 months and a TL 6,000 fine to journalist Tuğrul Eryılmaz over his...

ORSAM director Kardaş detained in Turkey in same probe as civil rights activist Kavala

Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM) Director Şaban Kardaş was detained at his home in Ankara on Friday as part of an investigation...

3 metropolitan city mayors unite against Erdoğan’s demand to resign, columnist says

Hürriyet daily columnist Abdülkadir Selvi said on Friday that Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek, Bursa Mayor Recep Altepe and Balıkesir Mayor Ahmet Edip Uğur have...

Court releases hunger striker Özakça, keeps Gülmen in prison

An Ankara court on Friday ruled for the release of Semih Özakça and continued the pretrial detention of Nuriye Gülmen, who went on a...

Party leader says MİT, Ankara mayor knew of coup attempt in advance

Turkish ultranationalist and Eurasianist Homeland Party (VP) Chairperson Doğu Perinçek has admitted that he, the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and Ankara Metropolitan Municipality...

Pro-gov’t Turkish dailies demonize detained activist Kavala

Staunchly pro-government Turkish newspapers Yenişafak and Güneş have accused prominent human rights activist and businessman Osman Kavala of funding terrorist organizations and betraying Turkey....

Bursa mayor defies Erdoğan’s call to resign

Despite an explicit message from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that he either resign or face serious consequences, Recep Altepe, the mayor of Bursa,...

Former dean gets more than 6 years on charges of Gülen links

A Turkish court on Thursday handed down a sentence of six years, 10 months and 15 days for Halil Aykul, the former dean of...

Turkish journalist given suspended sentence for ‘defaming’ Erdoğan

Çağrı Sarı, managing editor of the left-wing Turkish Evrensel daily, has been given a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days on condition of...

Turkish journalist threatened by Erdoğan, investigated over his ByLock claim

While returning from Poland on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened Turkish journalist and Fox TV anchor İsmail Küçükkaya. Regarding allegations put forward...

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