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Syrian refugees registered in Turkey reach more than 3 million

The immigration office of Turkey’s Interior Ministry has released the latest data on Syrian refugees in the country, whose numbers have increased from 2,834,441...

Mother with infant under arrest until husband surrenders self

Dilek Sağlam, a teacher and mother of a 10-month-old baby, has been under arrest since June 12 because her husband could not be found...

Turkey sends Germany new list of ‘Gülen followers’

A spokesperson for German Interior Minister Thomas de Maziere has said they have received from Ankara another list of people and companies allegedly affiliated...

EU calls for fair trial of Turkish journalists in Altan case

The European Union has called on Turkey to respect democratic standards and practices and to ensure that a group of journalists and writers receive...

[OPINION] Impartiality of the ECtHR towards Gülenist victims

By Faruk Ozcan Turkey's twin corruption investigations, the so-called Dec. 17-25 corruption scandal, revealed the fact that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his AKP government,...

Curfew declared in 8 villages of Elazığ province

Turkish authorities on Monday declared a curfew in eight villages located in the Karakoçan district of Elazığ province, going into effect at 5 p.m....

CHP deputy warns against provocations during March of Justice

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Özgür Özel has warned participants in a “March of Justice” to be wary of...

Jagland calls for release of hunger strikers Gülmen and Özakça

Thorbjørn Jagland, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, on Monday called for the release of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two fired Turkish...

[OPINION] Turkey released ISIL Diyarbakır emir despite evidence

Abdullah Bozkurt Yet another trial involving the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) network in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish southeastern province of Diyarbakır has...

Muslim prayer rooms made obligatory in Turkish schools

Turkey's Education Ministry has issued a new regulation which requires all educational institutions to have a Muslim prayer room, reported t24 news website on...

Report: Qatar deports 45 Turkish nationals over Gülen links

Forty-five Turkish nationals were deported from Qatar for having links to the faith-based Gulen movement, which Ankara accuses of masterminding a July 15, 2016...

Bodies of infants miscarried in prison never returned to family

The whereabouts of the bodies of two unborn infants remain unknown, eight months after a miscarriage suffered by Nurhayat Yıldız in prison last October,...

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