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Pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links subjected to torture: rights activist

A woman who was five months into her pregnancy when she was arrested due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement was subjected to a...

Turkish lira strengthens after Trump, Erdoğan discuss S-400 missile purchase

Turkey’s lira firmed nearly 1 percent on Thursday on expectations that ties with Washington will improve after the two presidents discussed Ankara’s purchase of a Russian...

Turkey jails yet another journalist over Gülen links

Journalist İbrahim Varlık, who used to work for the now-closed Cihan news agency, has been arrested, according to journalist Ahmet Dönmez. Dönmez, formerly with the now-closed Zaman daily...

Detainees in Turkey’s Southeast tortured again for exposing ill treatment: report

A report released by the Foundation for Society and Legal Studies (TOHAV) has claimed that some of the people who were detained last week in Halfeti...

Turkey’s EU accession bid fading away, European Commission report says

Turkey’s hopes of joining the European Union are fading, the bloc’s executive said on Wednesday, citing worsening conditions in the courts, prisons and economy, Reuters reported. Still...

Turkey’s top 500 firms used 90 pct of profits to pay down debt in 2018: report

Turkey’s top 500 companies in 2018 spent nearly 90 percent of their profits to pay down their debts from previous years, according to a study published...

Turkish pilot in Afghanistan charged with flying jet during 2016 coup in Turkey: report

A Turkish army pilot who was away from home on an assignment with NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan was falsely charged by Turkish authorities with...

Ankara Bar Association interviews former diplomats subjected to torture: report

The Ankara Bar Association on Tuesday published a report including interviews with five detainees who were subjected to torture last weekend at a detention center in...

AKP candidate takes over parliament speaker’s Twitter account for use in election

Binali Yıldırım, the ruling party candidate for mayor of İstanbul, has taken over the official Twitter account that he used during his tenure as speaker of...

Turkish woman returned to prison with newborn 4 days after birth

Hatice Şahnaz, in pretrial detention on charges of alleged links to the Gülen movement, was put back behind bars in southern Turkey a few days after...

Ex-diplomats detained over Gülen links subjected to severe torture, says deputy

Some 20 former employees of the Turkish Foreign Ministry who were among 100 detained last week as part of an investigation into alleged cheating during exams...

Mother of military cadet who got life for 2016 coup calls on Turkish first lady to speak out

The mother of a former military cadet who was given a life sentence for her alleged role in Turkey’s 2016 coup attempt has written an open...

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