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Defense minister files criminal complaint against opposition deputy for insult

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, who served as chief of general staff during a coup attempt in July 2016, on Wednesday filed a criminal complaint...

Turkey’s broadcasting regulator sanctions 2 TV networks targeted by Erdoğan

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), responsible for the regulation and control of the Turkish broadcasting sector, has imposed fines as well as...

Man who killed father says Gülenists responsible for murder

An Antalya man who killed his father in August appeared in court on Tuesday and claimed that it was followers of the faith-based Gülen...

Security forces checked 21 million criminal records in İstanbul this year

Turkey’s Ministry of Interior has announced that a total of 21,402,953 criminal records were checked in İstanbul this year, the Diken news website reported...

Veteran Turkish journalist sentenced to prison for insulting the president

Seventy-four-year-old Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak, who was previously sentenced to life in prison on charges related to a failed coup attempt in July 2016,...

Turkey detains 112 people in one day over Gülen links

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 112 people as part of investigations into the faith-based Gülen movement, the Diken news website reported. The İzmir Chief Public...

Erdoğan makes it on to Guardian’s 2018 list of autocrats

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been extensively criticized for his lack of respect for dissent and free speech in Turkey, has made...

Erdoğan’s lawyer demands fine for Halk TV over show critical of president

Hüseyin Aydın, a lawyer for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has applied to the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to impose a fine...

Ultranationalist Homeland Party asks prosecutor for closure of pro-Kurdish HDP

Deputy Chairman of the Homeland Party (VP) Nusret Senem has submitted a petition to the chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Appeals seeking...

Detention warrants issued for former military hospital doctors over Gülen links

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 24 former military surgeons and six others as part of a post-coup...

Presidential spokesperson says briefly detained actors made remarks critical of Erdoğan

In remarks that demonstrated the lack of respect for free speech and dissent in Turkey, İbrahim Kalın, the spokesperson for Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

Yellow vests found in anti-Gülen operation, says pro-gov’t news agency

Yellow vests have been found in a house where alleged Gülen movement members were hiding in the western Turkish province of Bursa, the pro-government...

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