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Family of visually impaired journalist says his whereabouts are unknown

The family of visually impaired Turkish journalist Cüneyt Arat, who has been jailed over alleged ties to the Gülen movement since July 10, 2017,...

61 military members detained over alleged Gülen links

Sixty-one military members of various ranks were detained on Friday as part of an investigation by the Mardin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office into people...

Court adjourns trial of journalists facing terror charges

An İstanbul court on Friday adjourned the trial of 28 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization to March 7-8 as the journalists...

13 Kimse Yok Mu aid foundation officials detained over Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued for 21 people by the Anatolia Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday on accusations that they were linked to the...

Netherlands recognizes 1915 incidents as Armenian genocide

The Dutch parliament on Thursday passed a motion recognizing the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in 1915 during the final days...

Journalists facing terror accusations deny charges as trial nears end

The trial of 29 journalists charged with membership in a terrorist organization resumed in İstanbul on Thursday, with the journalists denying the charges and...

‘Merciless, unjust and unfair,’ author Pamuk says of conviction of journalists

Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s most famous writer and a Nobel laureate in literature, has criticized the aggravated life sentences handed down to six journalists including...

Amnesty report says dissent being ruthlessly suppressed in Turkey

A report released by Amnesty International on Thursday reveals that critical voices and dissent were ruthlessly suppressed in Turkey in 2017 and that a...

Prominent rights activist gets 2.5-year jail sentence on terror charges

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, one of Turkey’s most renowned human rights activists and former president of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed...

Turkey arrests 16 HDP, HDK officials including prominent figure

Sixteen Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP) and Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK) officials, including well-known figure Celalettin Can, who were detained in raids on their homes...

4 journalists receive sentences of up to 9 years in prison

An Adana court has handed down prison sentences varying from seven years, six months to nine years to four journalists on charges of membership in...

Investigation launched into imam questioning donations to mosques

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into an imam who in a video message on social media three months ago raised questions about donations...

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