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Ege University rector suspended, former minister appointed as acting rector

Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK) has suspended İzmir-based Ege University's rector Professor Mustafa Cüneyt Hoşcoşkun from his post and appointed Professor Beril Dedeoğlu, a...

Assistant professor investigated due to Gülen links commits suicide

A 34-year old assistant professor in the faculty of dentistry at Ordu University in Turkey's Black Sea region, Mustafa Sadık Akdağ, has committed suicide,...

Mother with 2 disabled children detained over Gülen links

Hatice Kökoğlu, the mother of a disabled son and daughter, has reportedly been detained in Kütahya province over alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Teacher who lost sanity under detention remains jail despite doctors’ reports

Tuğba Y., a teacher who lost her sanity due to alleged torture during weeks of interrogation, was arrested and has been kept in prison...

HSYK changes positions of 454 judges, prosecutors

Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) issued a new decree on Monday, changing the positions of 454 judges and prosecutors amid criticism...

Austria against Erdoğan holding referendum rally in country

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is "not welcome" to hold a rally in the country for an...

30 police officers detained over use of ByLock application

A total of 30 police officers were detained as part of ongoing operations throughout Sunday targeting alleged followers of the Gülen movement due to...

[VIDEO] Police detain Kurdish mayor, hang Turkish flag on facade of town hall

A group of plainclothes policemen on Friday detained Mehmet Aydın, the mayor of Mardin’s Savur district from the pro–Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), and...

97 detained near Georgian border as thousands try to flee Turkey’s witch hunt

At least 97 people have been detained over the past four months while attempting to escape from Turkey’s post-coup witch hunt to Georgia, the...

Islamist professor: Purge victims are in a post-modern concentration camp

Professor Cihangir İslam, who is among over 7,000 academics fired from their jobs in Turkey in a post-coup purge, said the people who have...

Turkish woman says she feels pain when twin sister is tortured in prison

The twin sister of 23-year-old Seda Kaya, who was arrested on terror charges on July 2 of last year, says she has been feeling...

Wife says dismissed police chief left to die of colorectal cancer in İzmir prison

Yavuz Bölek, a former police chief who was dismissed from his job following corruption probes implicating Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has colorectal cancer...

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