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İstanbul mayor faces fresh charges of insulting AKP mayor

İstanbul’s popular mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was convicted of insulting election authority officials in December, is now facing charges of insulting a district mayor...

Islamic cult Menzil under scrutiny after death of 74-year-old leader

The death of Abdulbaki Erol, leader of the Islamic Menzil cult, a sub-branch of the Nakşibendi cult, at the age of 74, has brought...

Turkey detains yet another family member of Islamic scholar Gülen

Turkish police have detained one of the nephews of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen along with his wife and his wife’s parents in İstanbul...

Exhibit in former Gestapo prison exposes extent of purge in Turkey

The Purge Museum (Tenkil Müzesi in Turkish), an initiative that collects and exhibits items belonging to individuals who survived Turkey’s massive crackdown on the...

Lawyers file complaint against soldiers for allegedly harassing shepherds in Kurdish province

The Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) has filed a complaint against soldiers who were allegedly engaged in violent behavior toward four shepherds in...

EP Turkey rapporteur says linking Sweden’s NATO bid to Turkey’s EU process would be wrong

Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament's Turkey rapporteur, has said it would be wrong to connect Sweden’s entry to NATO and the process for...

Sweden’s Supreme Court blocks 2 extraditions to Turkey

Sweden's top court has blocked the extradition of two people wanted by Turkey for involvement in the faith-based Gülen movement, saying their actions are...

Prosecutor treats phone conversations about Dink commemoration as a crime

The phone conversations of some defendants in the Gezi Park trial about commemoration ceremonies for slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink have been treated as...

Judge who challenged Erdoğan’s presidential candidacy removed from the bench

A judge who was under investigation by Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) for filing an appeal against the nomination of President Recep...

40 detained across Turkey for helping families of people jailed over alleged Gülen links

Forty people have been detained in an Ankara-based operation that was conducted in six provinces for helping the families of people jailed over alleged...

ECtHR faults Turkey for detaining 144 judges and prosecutors after failed 2016 coup

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 144 judges and...

14-year-old gets suspended sentence for insulting President Erdoğan on WhatsApp

A 14-year-old boy was handed down a five-month suspended sentence on July 6 for insulting the president, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing...

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