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34 people detained over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Saturday detained 34 people as part of investigations carried out by the Balikesir and Aydın Chief Public Prosecutor's Offices into the...

Court rules to keep HDP’s Demirtaş in pretrial detention

The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court ruled on Friday for a continuation of the imprisonment of Selahattin Demirtaş, the former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish...

21 sentenced to life in prison in Turkey’s 1997 postmodern coup trial

An Ankara court on Friday sentenced 21 suspects, including a former chief of general staff and his deputy, to life in prison for their...

CNN Türk, DHA cut opposition leader’s speech after sale to pro-gov’t group

In a development that fueled concerns that media outlets formerly owned by the Doğan Media Group would give less coverage to Turkey’s opposition after...

Former HDP co-chairperson Yüksekdağ given 6-month jail sentence

Figen Yüksekdağ, former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who has been jailed since November 2016, has been handed down a prison...

AKP deputy says prophets did not have diplomas, either

Amid never-ending debates as to whether Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has a university degree, Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy Metin Külünk...

Jailed journalist Ünal: My screams for justice have faded away in a bottomless pit

Mustafa Ünal (50), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the shuttered Zaman daily, has urged the judges in his trial...

Conservative US group calls on ‘supposed NATO ally’ Turkey to release Pastor Andrew Brunson

The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ), a politically conservative, Christian-based social activism and corruption watchdog in Washington, has launched a campaign to...

Three-year jail sentence sought for journalist Baysal due to tweets on Afrin

A prosecutor is seeking a three-year jail sentence for journalist Nurcan Baysal due to her tweets critical of an ongoing Turkish military operation in...

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy sentenced to 7 years on terrorism charges

A Turkish appeals court has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Burcu Çelik Özkan to prison for alleged terrorism propaganda, according to a...

70,000 students behind bars in Turkey

A total of 70,000 students who have either been convicted of a crime or are in pretrial detention are currently in Turkey’s jails, while...

Erdoğan’s son in law: Turkey is officially at war

Berat Albayrak, Turkish energy minister and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Sunday said Turkey is not de facto but officially at war...

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