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Woman detained for helping families of individuals jailed over Gülen links

A woman has been detained in the Turkish capital of Ankara on accusations that she provided financial assistance to the families of people who...

5.1 magnitude quake shakes Turkey’s western coast

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck near the town of Çanakkale on the western coast of Turkey on Wednesday, the US Geological...

Minister on harassed student: I won’t allow pressure on police over a woman with a Gülenist father

Turkish Minister of Interior Affairs Süleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that he would not let the police be pressured over a university student whose...

Nearly 3,000 online news articles censored by Turkey in 2018: report

Turkey censored 2,950 online news articles in 2018 according to the “BİA Media Monitoring Report 2018,” released by the Bianet news website on Tuesday. Turkish...

Document reveals detention of 2,745 judicial members ordered a day after coup attempt

A document published by a Turkish journalist living in exile on Wednesday revealed that a public prosecutor in Ankara had sent a list of...

Prosecutor seeks aggravated life for Kavala, 15 others over Gezi protests

An indictment that has just been submitted to an İstanbul high criminal court demands aggravated life – imprisonment without the chance of parole --...

Victim of alleged sexual assault by police officer files criminal complaint

Merve Demirel, a university student in Ankara whose apparent sexual harassment by a police officer during a protest on Saturday was captured on camera,...

Turkish police reveal nonexistence of ‘secret witness’ whose statements led to many imprisonments

The Diyarbakır Police Department has revealed that an anonymous witness codenamed “Venus” whose testimony led to the detention and imprisonment of scores of people...

İstanbul, Ankara mayoral offices may go to opposition candidates: polling companies

İstanbul and Ankara, Turkey’s biggest cities, currently governed by ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) mayors, may be won by opposition party candidates in...

Jailed Kurdish leader seeks support from MEPs for lawmaker on hunger strike

Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş called on Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to speak out in support of deputy Leyla Güven, who has...

Turkey orders detention of 363 in crackdown targeting Gülen network

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 363 people as part of a massive crackdown targeting faith-based Gülen movement followers since a coup...

Appeals court upholds prison sentences of journalists

A Turkish appeals court has upheld prison sentences previously handed down to 18 defendants, including journalists and media workers, the Cumhuriyet newspaper reported on...

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