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Academic, journalist given suspended sentences for showing solidarity with  Özgür Gündem

A professor and a journalist who stood trial separately for serving as “editor-in-chief on duty” for the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily were handed down...

Detention warrants issued for 85 at education, energy ministries over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 85 people working at Turkey's education and energy ministries over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Bilal Erdoğan’s schoolmate to run TRT

İbrahim Eren, a schoolmate of Bilal Erdoğan, son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been appointed general manager of public broadcaster TRT following...

Candidates asked questions about July 15, referendum, one-man rule in SGK oral exam

Candidates who passed a written examination to become deputy directors at Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) were asked questions about a July 15 coup...

Pro-gov’t daily: 97 percent of Turks see US as enemy, 94 percent see NATO as threat

An online survey conducted by the pro-government Yeni Şafak daily has revealed that almost 97 percent of the Turkish nation sees the US as...

Teacher, doctor say threatened with rape at Ankara Police Department

Two people detained over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement said during their hearing before a judge that they were threatened with rape...

Ankara man abducted 42 days ago turns out to be in police custody

Önder Asan, a private school teacher who was allegedly abducted by unidentified people on April 1, turned out to be in police custody at...

Jurists call for immediate release of Güven

Jurists have expressed reactions to the "unlawful detention" of Cumhuriyet’s website editor Oğuz Güven for a report that appeared on the daily’s website about...

Report: Turkey adopts extrajudicial tactics to crack down on critics abroad

A new report by the Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF) shows that Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has adopted a thuggish new...

EP’s Pittella calls on Erdoğan to release all political prisoners immediately

President of the European Parliament’s Socialists & Democrats Group Gianni Pittella on Friday said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is closing the door to...

Court releases man who injured CHP deputy in gun attack

An Aydın court on Friday ruled to release a man who in October had injured deputy chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party...

Cumhuriyet daily’s Internet editor detained due to report on prosecutor’s death

Oğuz Güven, the Internet editor of the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, was detained early Friday due to a report that appeared on the website of...

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