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Elderly villager detained for questioning gov’t coup narrative

Murat Gülen, a 60-year-old villager and a relative of Fethullah Gülen, was detained after he was revealed to have questioned the government’s narrative of...

US investigating whether Flynn discussed ways to free Zarrab

A new phase in the US special counsel’s investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn may have just begun with the release from...

Turkish FM says Zarrab is OK after second notice to US

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Thursday that he has learned after two notices to US authorities that Reza Zarrab, a jailed Turkish-Iranian...

Top Turkish court rejects release request by jailed pro-Kurdish HDP deputy

Turkey's Constitutional Court (AYM) on Thursday rejected a request for release made by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Mardin deputy Gülser Yıldırım, who has...

US commission discusses Turkish gov’t crackdown on dissent, US citizens

The US Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), aka the Helsinki Commission, held a hearing on Wednesday on the victims, including US...

Rights court grants Turkey extension for response in detained journalists’ case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has granted a third extension to Turkey to submit its observations in the cases of a number...

Police detain wives of police chiefs who led 2013 corruption operations

The wives of former police chiefs including Ömer Köse, Nazmi Ardıç and Mustafa Demirhan, who led corruption operations against the government in 2013 and...

Family members of key coup convicted on coup charges

Erdal Şen and Ali Sami Yıldırım, relatives of Turkey’s key coup suspect Adil Öksüz, have been handed down jail sentences of six years, three months...

Detention warrants issued for 164 police officers, military members over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for a total of 164 police officers and military personnel across 56 provinces due to alleged links to...

Turkey demands notification by US on relocation of Zarrab

The Turkish government issued a diplomatic note on Wednesday urging the US to notify Turkish authorities before relocating Reza Zarrab, a jailed Turkish-Iranian gold trader...

US Senator Lankford: Turkey ‘no longer behaving like an American ally’

US Senator James Lankford, following a Tuesday panel discussion on religious freedom and human rights in Turkey, tweeted that Turkey is no longer behaving...

[OPINION] Turkey’s deputy PM and gov’t spokesman Bekir Bozdağ is an al-Qaeda suspect

by Abdullah Bozkurt When, not if, one day Turkey’s Islamist rulers stand trial for empowering armed jihadists who have wreaked havoc in Syria and other...

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