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Turkey issues detention orders for 100 Gülhane Military Medical Academy staff

Detention orders issued for 100 Gülhane Military Medical Academy (GATA) staff members in Ankara on suspicion of having links to the recent failed military...

14 municipal officers detained in southern Turkey over alleged links to attempted coup

Fourteen high ranking municipal officers from the southern Mersin Metropolitan Municipality were detained over allegedly having links to the recent failed military coup attempt...

Economy minister says gov’t will make coup plotters beg for death

Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi has said that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) government will punish plotters of the recent failed...

Boydak chairman released, 3 senior executives arrested over failed coup attempt

Three senior executives of the Boydak Holding, one of the largest conglomerates in Turkey, were arrested while holding’s chairman Mustafa Boydak and law coordinator...

Turkey dismisses 1,389 soldiers, shuts down military schools over attempted coup

Turkish government dismissed 1,389 soldiers from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and closed all military schools in Turkey due to allegedly being involved in...

Ex-deputy PM says purges targeting Gülen movement will extend to private sector

Ali Babacan, former Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for the Economy, has said that the government-initiated purges against the Gülen movement, which gained...

28 arrested, 33 detained for alleged involvement in attempted coup

Twenty-eight civil servants were arrested and 33 more were detained on suspicion of being involved in the failed coup attempt that was followed by...

6 more ex-Zaman columnists arrested as part of escalating media crackdown in Turkey

Six more journalists, who used to write columns at the Zaman daily before it was seized by the government, were arrested as part of...

Turkish police detain wife of critical journalist as a hostage

Turkish authorities have detained wife of a critical Turkish journalist and will keep her as a hostage until her husband surrenders to police, an...

Nazlı Ilıcak among 17 journalists arrested as part of widening media crackdown in Turkey

Veteran journalist Nazlı Ilıcak and 16 other journalists, who were detained due to allegedly being involved in the recent failed military coup attempt, were...

Nazlı Ilıcak among 17 journalists arrested as part of escalating media crackdown in Turkey

Veteran journalist Nazlı Ilıcak and 16 other journalists, who were detained due to allegedly being involved in the recent failed military coup attempt, were...

Intellectuals’ declaration urges Turkish gov’t to stop suspension of constitutional rights

Declaration signed by 34 intellectuals, including writers, academics, journalists and activists, urges Turkish government not to use emergency decrees for any other purposes than...

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