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478 people detained in a week over alleged Gülen links

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 478 people were detained over the past week (Sept. 17-Sept. 24) due to alleged links to...

Detention warrants issued for 18 active duty, 43 purged military officers over Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday issued detention warrants for 18 active duty and 43 purged military members from the land forces...

Turkey’s top court receives over 190,000 individual applications in last 6 years

Turkey’s Constitutional Court received 191,371 individual applications between 2012 and June 30 of this year, some 60 percent of them concerning violations of the...

45-year-old father’s suicide leads to blowback on social media, street protest

A father’s death by suicide in the Turkish province of Kocaeli due to his inability to buy a pair of trousers for his son’s...

572 lawyers put behind bars on terror charges since 2016 coup attempt

According to Turkey’s Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) 572 attorneys have been put behind bars since a 2016 foiled coup attempt in Turkey, Deutsche Welle...

Turkey says operations targeting Gülen movement could extend to US

Turkey’s presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said during a press conference on Friday that the Turkish government would continue its global manhunt for followers of...

German intelligence mulls putting DİTİB under surveillance: report

German intelligence is reportedly considering putting the Turkish-state-backed Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) under official surveillance, the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper and public broadcasters...

Report: 21,800 people killed in work-related accidents during AKP rule 

A report drafted by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) shows that a total of 21,800 workers have been killed in work-related accidents...

Prosecutor in appeals hearing seeks approval of life sentences given to 6 journalists

An İstanbul public prosecutor on Friday asked an appeals court to uphold aggravated life sentences handed down to six jailedjournalists including prominent figures Ahmet...

Detention warrants issued for 110 Turkish Air Forces officers over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 110 members of the Turkish Air Forces including six pilots over alleged...

Amnesty says arrest of construction workers ‘an attempt to stifle dissent’

Human rights group Amnesty International has slammed a recent order by an İstanbul court to arrest 24 construction workers and union leaders pending trial...

Turkey’s appeals court reduces sentence of NASA scientist Gölge to 5 years

US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert announced in a press statement on Thursday that Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled to reduce a...

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