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[UPDATE] Gülen-linked man abducted in Baku returned by force to Turkey

Mustafa Ceyhan, a Turkish businessman allegedly affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement who was abducted on Thursday in front of a courthouse in Baku,...

AI: Chilling climate of fear sweeping across Turkey under state of emergency

"A chilling climate of fear is sweeping across Turkish society as the Turkish government continues to use the state of emergency to shrink the...

Davutoğlu rebuts speculation, expresses support for Erdoğan

Amid mounting speculation about the candidacy in upcoming elections of former President Abdullah Gül for the opposition parties, former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu...

22 businessmen, former Bank Asya staff detained over Gülen links

Turkish police on Thursday detained 22 people including businessmen and former Bank Asya staff as part of an investigation launched by the Kastamonu Chief...

Cumhuriyet’s Atalay: Happiness impossible while many still in prison

The Cumhuriyet daily’s chief executive officer, Akın Atalay, who was released from pretrial detention last night, said he would be ashamed to be happy...

Detention warrants issued for 26 more military personnel over alleged Gülen links

The Eskişehir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 26 military personnel as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen...

OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkey to release all journalists

Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has called on Turkey to release...

Cumhuriyet journalists given jail sentences on terror charges

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 14 staff members of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet to prison on terrorism charges and acquitted three, one of...

RSF reports historic decline in press freedom in Turkey

Turkey, which has jailed more than 250 journalists and media workers, is ranked 157th among 180 countries in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released on...

Chief justice says not implementing top court’s rulings out of the question

At a meeting attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan said the rulings of the Constitutional Court concerning the...

Fox TV anchor given suspended sentence for ByLock claim about minister

A suspended jail sentence of 16 months, 20 days has been handed down to Fox TV anchor İsmail Küçükkaya on insult charges due to...

10-month-old baby accompanies mother jailed over Gülen links

Nazlı Mert, a Turkish woman with a 10-month-old baby, has been put behind bars over alleged links to the Gülen movement. Mert was initially detained by police...

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