22.7 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

National

Minority Rights Group: Turkey’s closure of TV stations violates freedom of expression

The closure of IMC TV and other independent and minority media channels by the Turkish government is a grave violation of the right to...

Top court prosecutor calls for overturning acquittal of 7 Balyoz suspects

The Chief Public Prosecutor's Office of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals, which has released its opinion on former military members who stood trial for...

Controversial AKP deputy says would beat Gülen followers if given the chance

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Mehmet Metiner has said he would have done the same if he were the police officers who...

Motorcycle bomb attack near İstanbul police station injures 5

A violent explosion caused by a motorcycle loaded with explosives took place near a police station in İstanbul’s Yenibosna neighborhood in the afternoon hours...

Special commission to hear complaints from dismissed public servants

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has given green light to the establishment of a commission that will deal with complaints from public servants who have...

PM Yıldırım says Turkey’s military presence in Iraq to continue

One day after Iraqi Prime Minister warned Turkey that it may cause a regional war by maintaining a military presence in Iraq, Turkey's Prime...

‘Prisoners are being tortured,’ arrested Turkish man shouts in a cry for help

“Political are being subjected to torture,” said a man under arrest, in an obvious cry for help, as he was being forced into...

Turkish prosecutor discredits Gülen movement to counterparts in 121 countries

  Chief Public Prosecutor of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals Mehmet Akarca has sent letters to prosecutors in 121 countries around the world explaining the...

Turkey detains 55 military, intelligence personnel on coup charges

Turkey detained 55 military and intelligence agency personnel on Wednesday over suspected links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish...

Turkey arrests two dismissed doctors while attempting to flee to Greece

Two female doctors who have recently been dismissed from their posts at state-run hospitals in Ankara due to their alleged links to the faith-based...

540 more military personnel suspended

As part of a post-July 15 coup attempt witch-hunt against the Gülen movement in the military, 540 more members of the military were temporarily...

Turkey’s top judicial body dismisses 66 more judges, prosecutors

Turkey's top judicial body, the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), has dismissed 66 more judges and prosecutors over alleged ties to the...

Latest news