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Council of Europe head says Turkey needs to follow human rights in crackdown on coup plotters

The head of the Council of Europe, the continent's top human rights organization, said on Wednesday that Turkey needs to follow human rights in...

Indictment seeks aggravated life sentence for graft probe prosecutor, judges

Indictment prepared for the prosecutor and two judges, who oversaw a far-reaching corruption investigation that rocked Turkey more than two years ago, demanded aggravated...

24 detained in operations targeting Gülen movement across Turkey

Twenty-four – including 5 lawyers -- people were detained as part of operations targeting the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government...

Turkey files complaint accusing US army chief Gen. Dunford of plotting attempted coup

Lawyer Mert Eryılmaz from İstanbul Bar Association has filed a criminal complaint against the United States (US) Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford,...

Turkey issues detention orders for 100 Gülhane Military Medical Academy staff

Detention orders issued for 100 Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) staff members in Ankara on suspicion of having links to the recent failed military...

14 municipal officers detained in southern Turkey over alleged links to attempted coup

Fourteen high ranking municipal officers from the southern Mersin Metropolitan Municipality were detained over allegedly having links to the recent failed military coup attempt...

Kyrgyzstan President finds Turkish gov’t’s coup plot claims absurd

Kyrgyzstan President Almazbek Atambayev has said that he finds Turkish government’s claims that the Gülen movement -- a civil initiative accused of being behind...

Economy minister says gov’t will make coup plotters beg for death

Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi has said that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government will punish plotters of the recent failed...

Boydak chairman released, 3 senior executives arrested over failed coup attempt

Three senior executives of the Boydak Holding, one of the largest conglomerates in Turkey, were arrested while holding’s chairman Mustafa Boydak and law coordinator...

Turkey dismisses 1,389 soldiers, shuts down military schools over attempted coup

Turkish government dismissed 1,389 soldiers from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and closed all military schools in Turkey due to allegedly being involved in...

Ex-deputy PM says purges targeting Gülen movement will extend to private sector

Ali Babacan, former Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for the Economy, has said that the government-initiated purges against the Gülen movement, which gained...

28 arrested, 33 detained for alleged involvement in attempted coup

Twenty-eight civil servants were arrested and 33 more were detained on suspicion of being involved in the failed coup attempt that was followed by...

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