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Germany grants asylum requests of Turkish military officers

Germany has approved the requests for political asylum of a number of Turkish military officers that were lodged following a coup attempt in Turkey...

Justice minister: 149,833 investigated, 48,636 arrested since July 15

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ on Saturday said 149,833 people have been investigated and 48,636 have been jailed as part of an investigation targeting...

UN concerned about detention of 3 Turks in Malaysia

The UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia on Friday expressed serious concern about the arrest in Malaysia of three Turkish nationals on security-related...

Government to employ 2,500 new police officers

After purging more than 40,000 members of the police force from their jobs since a failed coup in Turkey in July, the ruling Justice...

UN human rights commissioner says ‘climate of fear’ dominates Turkey

“A climate of fear” now reigns in Turkey, said UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein on Monday, expressing deep concern over the...

2,331 more detained last week in witch-hunt targeting Gülen movement

The Turkish Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that 2,331 people were detained in operations targeting the Gülen movement last week. The operations were carried...

Police release 17 academics detained at Dicle University

Seventeen academics who were detained on Monday morning by police at the Diyarbakır-based Dicle University for disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization have...

Police seal off workshop established by socialist students in Ankara

Hours after Turkey’s Interior Ministry announced that 18 foundations and 13 health associations had been shuttered by a new government decree issued under the...

Witch-hunt to extend to AKP politicians, claims Sözcü columnist

A witch-hunt carried out by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) targeting the Gülen movement will extend to...

Pro-Erdoğan daily: 13,000 targeted in new wave of detentions

The pro-government Yeni Şafak daily on Sunday claimed that a new detention operation is underway targeting 13,000 police officers and civilians allegedly linked to...

New decree creates positions for 7,000 neighborhood guards

With a new state of emergency decree, known as a KHK, the Turkish government has created a new neighborhood guard system that in the...

[UPDATE] 3,974 including 484 academics dismissed

The Turkish government has issued two new state of emergency decrees, known as KHKs, dismissing 3,974 people including 484 academics from state institutions while...

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