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Seven lawyers among 15 detained in Ankara over Gülen links

Prosecutors in the Turkish capital of Ankara issued detention warrants on Tuesday for 36 people in two separate investigations, leading to the detention of...

Top court says detention of Gezi Park victim’s mother violated prohibition of ill-treatment

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the violent detention in 2017 of the mother of one of the victims of anti-government Gezi Park protests...

2 Turkish banks suspend Russian Mir payments after US sanctions: report

Turkish lenders İşbank and Denizbank have suspended use of Russian payment system Mir, the banks said on Monday, following a US crackdown on those...

Police officers who used force against protestors on Gezi anniversary not to be investigated

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has prevented an investigation into police officers who allegedly used disproportionate force while detaining protestors and journalists during an event...

[ANALYSIS] Turkey’s abuse of INTERPOL Red Notices: Findings in the CCF activity report

Ahmet Eren* The Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF), an independent auditing body, has released its 2019-2020 Activity Report. Consisting of seven legal and...

Russia, Ukraine agree to swap 200 prisoners: Erdoğan

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to swap 200 prisoners in one of the largest exchanges of the seven-month war, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Nearly 30,000 workers died in work-related accidents during AKP rule: İSİG

Turkey has recorded 29,801 deaths in work-related accidents since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in November 2002, the Kronos news...

Journalist gets 6 years in prison on terrorism charges

A Turkish court has handed down a jail sentence of six years, three months to a journalist on conviction of terrorist organization membership due...

Mob boss’s aide detained and brought to Turkey from Albania

Emre Olur, an aide to notorious Turkish mafia boss Sedat Peker, has been detained in the Albanian capital of Tirana and brought to Turkey,...

Hundreds attend anti-LGBTQ rally in Turkey

Hundreds of people attended an anti-LGBTQ rally Sunday in Istanbul, answering a call from dozens of conservative associations, an AFP photographer reported. Carrying banners with...

Journalists demonstrate in solidarity with 16 Kurdish colleagues in jail

Journalists in several Turkish cities staged demonstrations on Friday to show solidarity with 16 of their colleagues who were arrested in the southeastern province...

Star footballer Şükür, sought on Gülen links, ignored in Netflix series about coach

Famous former Turkish footballer Hakan Şükür, who is sought by Turkey over his alleged links to a faith-based group, is not mentioned in a...

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