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Court rules to keep Turkish-German journalist Demirci in jail

A high criminal court in İstanbul on Tuesday decided for the continuation of the imprisonment of German-Turkish dual citizen and journalist Adil Demirci, in...

Turkish court sentences 74 to aggravated life on coup charges

A court in Ankara on Wednesday convicted 74 people of involvement in a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 and sentenced them...

Harsh media reaction to sexist voting comment prompts university dean to resign

A professor and the dean of the aviation and space sciences faculty at Turkey’s Necmettin Erbakan University resigned on Wednesday after his announcement that...

Erdoğan, Bahçeli again discuss possible alliance for local elections

President and chairman of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a meeting on Wednesday with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader...

61 people sought by Turkish prosecutors over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 61 people as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, the...

Opposition says Turkey is bound by European rights court ruling on Demirtaş case

Following the refusal of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to abide by a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling ordering the release of jailed...

Jailed journalist: Even scenic photos are censored in Turkish prisons

Mehmet Güleş, one of hundreds of journalists behind bars in Turkey, complained in a letter about the restriction of rights in prison, saying that...

Erdoğan says ‘infamous Hungarian Jew’ Soros is behind businessman Kavala

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday said George Soros, a Hungarian-American billionaire investor and philanthropist, was behind jailed Turkish activist and businessman Osman...

Turkish public workers using pay phones to be investigated over Gülen links

Turkey’s Interior Ministry and Justice Ministry are working together to find draw up a list of public workers who made consecutive calls to the...

Some Saudis launch boycott against Turkey due to stance on Khashoggi case

A group of Saudi businessmen have launched a boycott against some Turkish brands due to Turkey’s stance on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal...

Turkish FM says gave list of 84 Gülenists to Pompeo requesting their extradition

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said he submitted a list of 84 followers of the Gülen movement to the US requesting their extradition...

Journalist to return prison after higher court upholds sentence

Journalist Murat Aksoy will be sent back to prison after a regional appeals court upheld a two year, one month sentence handed down by...

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