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Report confirming 2013 Erdoğan corruption recordings were not fabricated submitted to court

Celal Çelik, a lawyer for the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), submitted an expert report to a court on Monday confirming that...

Purged Turkish colonel sent to Libya, killed in bombing, buried secretly: report

A colonel from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) who was forced to retire from service as part of a government-led purge was recalled to serve in...

8 Turkish lawyers demanding a fair trial continue hunger strike in prison

Eight lawyers, who were all members of the now-closed Progressive Lawyers’ Association (ÇHD), are on a hunger strike in prison, demanding a fair trial,...

Latest figures show 26,862 people in jail over Gülen links: ministry

According to the latest figures, 26,862 people are in jail due to links to the Gülen movement, which is accused of orchestrating a 2016 coup attempt...

Court lifts travel ban on mother of cancer patient who will undergo treatment abroad

The Mersin 7th High Criminal Court on Friday ruled to lift a travel ban on Zekiye Ataç, the mother of an 8-year-old cancer patient who will...

Re-arrested Turkish businessman alleges Erdoğan intervened in his case: report

Prominent Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, re-arrested this week hours after his acquittal of charges of complicity in nationwide protests in 2013, said...

Black box in Pegasus Airlines crash in İstanbul points to poor runway condition

An examination of the black box of a Pegasus Airlines plane has indicated that the poor condition of the runway rather than pilot error caused it...

UN refugee chief calls on Turkey to admit more Syrian refugees amid military escalation in Idlib

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Thursday called on Syria’s neighbors, including Turkey, to admit more Syrian refugees amid what he called “the dramatically worsening...

Human rights commissioner calls on Turkey to restore judicial independence

Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic on Wednesday submitted a report on her visit to Turkey in July 2019 in which she...

Turkey’s judicial watchdog to investigate judges who acquitted Gezi Park defendants

Turkey’s judicial watchdog, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), has launched an administrative investigation into the judges who on Tuesday acquitted all defendants in the...

‘We can not have Turkey’s laws on France’s ground,’ says Macron: report

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday announced measures intended to counter Islamic extremism in France by giving the government more authority over the schooling of children, the...

Erdoğan supporters in media warn about possible coup attempt after US think tank report

Several pro-government Turkish journalists have fired off warnings of a possible military coup attempt at some point following a report on the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK)...

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