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Website entry exposes Constitutional Court bias against Gülen-related cases

A purged civil servant has discovered an entry on the web page of Turkey’s Constitutional Court that points to a possible predisposition against the cases of individuals...

Turkey orders detention of 27 sailors from Naval Forces

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 27 sailors from Turkey’s Naval Forces as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers...

Editor of gov’t-critical news website detained for insulting Turkish president

Ali Ergin Demirhan, editor of the sendika.org news website, a media outlet critical of the Turkish government, was detained on Friday on accusations of insulting Turkey’s president,...

Officials who conducted Turkish intelligence trucks probe in 2014 get lengthy prison sentences

A Turkish court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to the prosecutors and military officers who worked on a 2014 investigation into trucks operated by...

Secret investigation under way into opposition leader over Gülen links: lawyer

Turkish prosecutors have been conducting an investigation into İyi (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener since 2016 due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, which...

Kavala’s participation in 2013 Gezi protests not a crime, Turkey’s chief justice says

Zühtü Arslan, the chief judge of Turkey’s Constitutional Court, has said he does not believe philanthropist Osman Kavala’s participation in the 2013 Gezi Park protests alone can...

Top officials at Ä°stanbul Municipality resign as new mayor takes office

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Secretary-general Hayri Baraçlı announced on Friday that he and his seven assistants and legal advisor have all resigned in order to allow the city’s...

Top court rules German-Turkish journalist’s rights violated during detention in Turkey

Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that rights violations had occurred in the one-year-long pretrial detention of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel, Turkish media reported. The court said...

New era begins in Ä°stanbul as Ä°mamoÄŸlu accepts mandate for second time

A new era began in İstanbul on Thursday as opposition mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu accepted the mandate to serve as the mayor of Turkey’s financial powerhouse...

Pregnant, ailing women among 4 arrested in Turkey’s Osmaniye due to Gülen links

A pregnant woman and another woman suffering from a heart problem were among four women arrested in the southern Turkish province of Osmaniye on terrorism charges...

Former allies of Turkey’s ErdoÄŸan plan rival party after Ä°stanbul defeat: report

Two senior figures in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party are planning to launch a rival political group this year, people familiar with the matter...

I wasn’t aware Öcalan’s brother had been sought by Turkish authorities: Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has claimed he was unaware that Osman Öcalan, brother of jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan, had previously...

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