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PM says controversial gov’t decree will not be revised

Amid growing reactions from opposition and human rights defenders, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Wednesday said they will not revise a new state of...

Turkey sends new troops to Qatar

A group of Turkish soldiers have been deployed to a military base in the Qatari capital of Doha, Qatar’s Defense Ministry said. According to the...

AKP executive says Erdoğan sent by God as a hope for Muslims

  Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) executive Belma Erdoğan said on Tuesday that Turkish President and AKP Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a great...

[OPINION] Erdoğan gov’t encourages vigilante violence in Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt The Turkish government has not only disregarded major criticism directed at the most controversial article of state of emergency decrees, which provides...

Judges who released Korkmaz in 2015 purged from positions

Two judges who in 2015 released Hüseyin Korkmaz, a former İstanbul police officer who testified at the New York trial of Mehmet Hakan Atilla,...

60,000 suspects to wear controversial prison jumpsuits

A new state of emergency decree that stipulates all convicts and suspects under arrest for alleged crimes against the constitutional order in Turkey wear...

Conflicting statements come from ruling party on civilian immunity

Amid growing reactions from opposition and human rights defenders, conflicting statements came from ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members on calls for the...

Court sets April 18 as next hearing date for Önderoğlu, Fincancı, Nesin

The Istanbul 13th High Criminal Court on Tuesday rejected a request to send a case to the Constitutional Court, scheduling April 18, 2018 as...

Report: 5,822 academics dismissed by Turkish gov’t so far

Following the dismissal of 105 academics by means of a recent state of emergency decree, the number of academics fired by decree-laws issued by...

Turkish court rules Cumhuriyet daily journalists to remain in jail

An İstanbul court on Monday ruled that several Cumhuriyet daily journalists who were arrested on Nov. 12, 2016 on terror charges will remain in...

Gov’t says immunity decree applies only to July 15-16, 2016

Amid growing reactions that a new state of emergency decree threatens all opponents by giving immunity to civilians in coup and terror cases, the...

CHP: Gov’t establishing armed civilian gangs with new decree

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) slammed the government over a new state of emergency decree issued on Sunday, saying it paves the...

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