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72 given aggravated life sentences in Bosporus Bridge phase of coup trial

A high criminal court in İstanbul has handed down aggravated life sentences to 72 defendants due to their alleged role in the occupation of...

Thirty-year-old purge victim dies of pneumonia in Turkish prison

Nesrin Gençosman, a 30-year-old Turkish woman who was put in pre-trial detention in early May 2018 over alleged links to Gülen movement, died in...

Turkish FM says first S-400 missile delivery to Turkey scheduled for 2019

Turkey’s foreign minister on Wednesday said Turkey would take delivery of the first Russian S-400 missile batteries by late 2019, the state-run Anadolu news...

Court rules to continue Booking.com ban in Turkey

The İstanbul 5th Commercial Court of First Instance on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by the Booking.com online hotel booking platform to lift a...

15-year jail sentence sought for coup movie director due to alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 15 years for Ali Avcı, director of a movie about a failed coup attempt...

Court rules to keep Kurdish politician in jail despite election as deputy

A Turkish court on Wednesday decided to keep Leyla Güven in pre-trial detention despite the fact that she was elected to Parliament in the...

Turkey detains religious cult leader, followers on various charges

Turkish police teams on Wednesday morning detained Adnan Oktar, a notorious religious cult leader, TV personality and creationist, as well as more than 150 of...

4 ODTÜ students arrested over placard ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

An Ankara court on Wednesday arrested four students from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by carrying...

Turkish court hands down prison sentences to executives over Soma mine disaster

A Turkish court sentenced five mining company executives to up to 22 years in prison on Wednesday over their role in a coal mine...

Judge blocks access to tweets supporting journalist’s right to freedom of expression

A judge for the İstanbul 3rd Penal Court of Peace on Tuesday ruled to block Internet access to the tweets of Turkey’s Journalists Union (TGS)...

311 undocumented migrants apprehended by Turkish officials

A total of 311 undocumented migrants were apprehended in western Turkey on Tuesday according to security sources, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. In the...

Cumhuriyet journalist faces 3 years in prison over report

An İstanbul prosecutor presented his final opinion to a court on Tuesday in a case against journalist Canan Coşkun, demanding up to three years’...

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