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532 detained in one week over alleged Gülen links

A total of 532 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Turkish Interior...

Turkey says US human rights report is ‘full of false portrayals’

Turkey on Sunday criticized a recently released US State Department document titled “Turkey 2017 Human Rights Report,” saying it is “full of false portrayals,...

Turkish courts hand down 889 life sentences in coup trials to date

Turkish courts have thus far handed down 889 life sentences in 137 cases involving a failed coup in 2016, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. A...

15 CHP deputies join İYİ to secure the party a run in June snap elections

Fifteen deputies from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) have resigned and joined the İYİ (Good) Party as part of a tactical move...

Erdoğan threatens businessmen: Don’t take your money overseas

Amid claims that Turkey is facing an economic crisis, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday said they will not forgive those businessmen who...

US human rights report: Turkey violates laws prohibiting arbitrary arrest, detention

The Turkish government has not always observed the requirements of law that prohibit arbitrary arrest and detention and provide for the right of any person to...

The US State Department is still confused about Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt The US State Department appears to have not fully grasped the gravity of the situation in Turkey in the face of a troubling...

CCBE urges release, medical treatment of detained Turkish lawyer

Antonín Mokrý, president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), which represents the bars and law societies of 45 countries...

Uncertainty over CHP’s presidential candidate persists

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has not yet announced who the party’s presidential candidate will be in an election to be held...

Turkish election campaign events to be prohibited in Austria

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced on Friday that his country would not allow Turkish election campaign events, including speeches by Turkish politicians, to be...

Journalist claims man missing for 133 days tortured, forced to sign deposition

Journalist Erk Acarer has claimed that Ümit Horzum, a former civil servant who was found 133 days after he went missing in Ankara, was...

Detention warrants issued for 51 people over education foundation donations

The Istanbul Anadolu Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 51 people on accusations of making donations to a Gülen movement-linked...

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