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Education Ministry asks personnel to identify newspaper subscriptions

Profiling of citizens has taken a new turn in Turkey with provincial branches of the Education Ministry asking its personnel to identify which newspapers...

PEN: 102 journalists are currently under arrest or in custody in Turkey

102 journalists are currently under arrest or in custody in Turkey, says recent Pen International report. 21 are currently detained. Out of the 79 arrests...

UN warns Turkey’s purge could violate international law after 40,000 detained

The United Nations has warned Turkey that wide-ranging purges and arrests following a failed coup “go beyond what can be justified” and may violate international...

Hacı Boydak arrested as gov’t crackdown expands to business sector

Boydak Holding’s former Chairman Hacı Boydak was arrested for alleged links to the recent failed military coup attempt in Turkey, as part of an...

US says first batch of docs does not constitute extradition request for Gülen

United States (US) Spokesman Mark Toner has said that the first batch of documents sent by the Turkish government did not constitute a formal...

Lawyer files complaint against 4 ex-AK Party ministers over attempted coup

Lawyer Burak Bekiroğlu has filed a complaint against four former senior Justice and Development Party (AK Party) figures, accusing them of being members in...

Hacı Boydak detained for alleged involvement in attempted coup

Boydak Holding’s former Chairman Hacı Boydak was detained on suspicion of having links to the recent failed military coup attempt in Turkey, as part...

Lawyer proudly admits to having battered ex-Air Force Commander Akın Öztürk

Lawyer Mehmet Sinan İnce, known for representing the notorious Turkish mafia leader Alaattin Çakıcı, has proudly admitted having beaten former Air Force Commander Akın...

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,...

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