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Turkish gov’t pays cash rewards for apprehension or death of Gülen supporters

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has paid more than 19 million Turkish lira to 249 people who provided information leading to the arrest or were instrumental...

At least 31 women murdered in Turkey in February: report

A report released by the Stop the Murder of Women Platform shows that 31 women in Turkey were victims of fatal domestic violence in...

Turkish FM accuses opposition party of alliance with several ‘terrorist’ organizations

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has accused the country’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) of being in alliance with several “terrorist” organizations as...

Companies seized over Gülen links valued at TL 58 billion

President of Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) Muhiddin Gülal has announced that the Turkish government has appointed trustees to 932 companies valued...

Turkey detains 2,000 alleged PKK members in 3 months: state news agency

Turkish security forces have detained 1,956 people in the last three months over alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), the Diken...

CHP deputy: Women jailed with children are treated like enemies

Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), said on Monday that despite human rights law in the country, over...

Turkish father and daughter report each other for insulting President Erdoğan

A father and daughter in Turkey have denounced each other to the authorities for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the BirGün daily reported on...

Half a million people in Turkey subject to prosecution over Gülen links: ministry

According to Ministry of Justice statistics, the total number of Turkish citizens who have faced investigation since July 2016 over links to the faith-based...

Elderly, ailing Kurdish woman to be released from Turkish prison

Sisê Bingöl, an elderly and ailing woman who has been serving time on a terrorism conviction since 2017, is to be released on probation...

Ruling party deputy says God won’t question people who vote for their party

Kasım Gülpınar, a deputy from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), said at an election rally on Sunday that God would not hold...

Turkish court accepts indictment seeking aggravated life for Kavala, Gezi activists

The İstanbul 30th High Criminal Court has accepted an indictment that demands an aggravated life sentence for human rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala...

Pro-gov’t Hürriyet fires its ombudsman for criticizing daily’s reporting

Pro-government Hürriyet daily ombudsman Faruk Bildirici was fired on Sunday by management after he refused to stop criticizing the newspaper’s mistakes in reporting and...

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