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Judges who ruled for acquittal of Dutch journalist punished, others promoted  

Prosecutors who launched an investigation into former Diyarbakır-based Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink and one judge who voted against her acquittal in a trial in...

[VIDEO] Armenian deputy banned from Turkish Parliament for 3 sessions for calling 1915 ‘genocide’

Garo Paylan, a deputy of Armenian origin from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has been banned from parliamentary sessions for three days for...

[VIDEO] Footage shows police ordering Kurdish kids to bare midriffs in security check

A video widely shared on Twitter on Friday night shows police patrolling the streets of Diyarbakır's Sur district forcing schoolchildren and their parents to...

Trustees appointed to 2 more companies in Sakarya in post-coup crackdown

Trustees were appointed on Thursday to two companies in Sakarya province due to their alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses...

55 women detained over using ByLock app

Fifty-five women out of 73 for whom the İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants were detained by police on Friday for using...

Turkey bans books from outside in prisons other than Quran

Turkey's Justice Ministry banned newspapers and books from outside except for the Quran for prisoners as of Jan. 9, according to a tweet from...

Reza Zarrab prosecuted in Turkey for violating construction law in Bosporus mansion

İstanbul's Anadolu Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into Turkish-Iranian businessman Reza Zarrab, who has been held in a New York prison since...

3 neighborhood heads replaced by trustees in Diyarbakır over ‘terrorist propaganda’

The heads of three neighborhoods (mukhtar) in the Bismil district of Diyarbakır province were replaced by trustees appointed by the district governor's office on...

Prominent businessman Verdal Hosta detained over Gülen links

Turkish police have detained prominent Turkish businessman Verdal Hosta as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged followers of the Gülen movement, the Habertürk...

AKP deputy says presidential system will take revenge for last 200 years

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy, Metin Külünk, has said that the switch in Turkey to a presidential system would disable the...

IPI slams Turkish justice minister for calling imprisoned journalists ‘criminals’

In a strong statement issued on Friday, the International Press Institute (IPI) called recent remarks of Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ about imprisoned journalists...

Parliament approves article expanding executive powers of president

The Turkish Parliament on Friday passed three more articles of a constitutional amendment package, one of which significantly expands the powers of the president. Articles...

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