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MİT head had unusual meeting with army chief, Gen. Aksakallı on July 14, says suspected putschist

In a development that raises further suspicion about a failed coup attempt on July 15,2016 in Turkey being a controlled one, several military officers...

Detention warrants issued for 103 former executives of Kaynak Holding, 38 detained

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 103 former executives of Kaynak Holding, which was seized by the government in November 2015 due to...

60 officers across 32 provinces detained over alleged Gülen links

Sixty military officers in 32 of Turkey's provinces were detained on Wednesday as part of an operation targeting alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen...

2 consecutive life sentences sought for 13 journalists on coup charges

An indictment drafted by the İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks two consecutive life sentences for 13 people, including prominent Turkish journalists and pop...

18 including AI Turkey chairman under detention over alleged Gülen links

At least 18 lawyers including Taner Kılıç, the chairman of Amnesty International Turkey’s board, were detained on Tuesday as part of an investigation into...

Report: Mass torture has become the norm rather than the exception in Turkey

The torture, ill-treatment, abusive, inhumane and degrading treatment of people who are deprived of their liberties in Turkey’s detention centers and prisons has become...

MetroPoll polling company owner Sencar released from detention, family says

Political observer and owner of the MetroPoll polling company Professor Özer Sencar, who was detained on Saturday and taken to Tekirdağ province as part...

Family of Ankara attack victim awarded TL500,000 in compensation

An Ankara court has ruled for the payment of TL500,000 in compensation to the family of Hasan Baykara, one of 102 victims of a...

Kılıçdaroğlu: Pilot who informed of coup beforehand recruited by MİT to prevent him from testifying

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu claimed on Tuesday that Maj. O.K., a pilot who informed Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT)...

Former PM Davutoğlu says AKP rapidly weakening own values

Former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Ahmet Davutoğlu has said his party is quickly weakening its own values...

Local NGOs urge Georgian gov’t to avoid returning Turkish teacher back home

Eight nongovernmental organizations have called on the Georgian government to refrain from returning a detained Turkish teacher back home where “he will be possibly...

Turkish man sent to jail after forced return from Myanmar

Muhammet Furkan Sökmen, a Turkish national working for two schools established by followers of the Gülen movement in Myanmar, was forcibly returned to Turkey...

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