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Turkish Deputy PM says US judiciary has become tool of Gülen movement plan

Referring to an arrest warrant from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York for former Turkish Economy Minister Mehmet Zafer...

Justice Ministry: 69,301 students currently behind bars in Turkey

A total of 69,301 students are currently behind bars in Turkey, according to the data from the Justice Ministry. In response to a parliamentary question...

UN human rights commissioner urges Turkey to end state of emergency

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, in an opening statement for the 36th session of the Human Rights Council, expressed...

OSCE calls on Turkey to urgently release Cumhuriyet journalists

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Monday called on Turkey to release from...

Ankara mayor prays hurricanes Harvey and Irma continue

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek shared from his Twitter account on Tuesday the level of economic damage caused by hurricanes Harvey and Irma...

UK legal opinion says Turks detained for using ByLock ‘had human rights breached’

A legal opinion published in London has found that tens of thousands of Turkish citizens detained or dismissed from their jobs on the basis...

[VIDEO] Ultranationalist columnist says Turkey must get rid of Gülen followers, hints at mass burning

Sabahattin Önkibar, a columnist for the Aydınlık daily, which is affiliated with the ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) of Doğu Perinçek, said on Sunday that...

RSF says Cumhuriyet trial in Turkey is ‘a mockery of justice’

Christophe Deloire, the secretary-general of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), said on Monday that the trial of Cumhuriyet journalists on charges of sponsoring terrorist organizations...

[BREAKING] Court rules for continuation of pretrial detention of 5 Cumhuriyet journalists

An İstanbul court on Monday evening ruled for continuation of pretrial detention for five Cumhuriyet daily journalists. According to the decision of İstanbul 27th High Criminal...

Gülen’s brother says his only crime is having same surname

One of the brothers of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, Kutbettin Gülen, who was arrested in October, has said his only crime was having...

451 detained in one week over Gülen links

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 451 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...

Interior Ministry: 57 PKK militants ‘neutralized’ in one week

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 57 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists have been neutralized across Turkey over the...

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