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Detention warrants issued for 68 union executives over alleged Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 68 members of Aksiyon-İş, a confederation of union that was closed by...

HRW: Media, activists, political opposition targeted in Turkey in 2017

Human Rights Watch on Thursday said in its World Report 2018 that Turkey had increased restrictions on the media, the political opposition and human...

US calls on Turkey not to invade Afrin in northern Syria

US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert at a press briefing on Thursday called on Turkey not to invade Afrin, a Syrian Kurdish canton in...

Turkey extends state of emergency for sixth time

The Turkish Parliament on Thursday passed a prime ministry motion extending a state of emergency for another three months, the sixth such extension since...

Atilla trial judge orders disclosure of all contacts with Turkish, US officials

New York Federal Judge Richard Berman, who oversaw the cases of Turkish bank executive Mehmet Atilla and gold trader Reza Zarrab for violating US...

UN human rights experts urge Turkey not to extend state of emergency

United Nations human rights experts have urged the Turkish government not to extend the exceptional legal measures it has taken under its declared state...

Turkish FM: US statements will not delay Afrin operation

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Thursday said recent statements from the US concerning the creation of a conventional border guard in Syria would...

Turkish army and intel chiefs fly to Moscow ahead of Afrin operation

Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and National Intelligence Organization (MİT) Undersecretary Hakan Fidan on Thursday paid a visit to Russia as...

Detention warrants issued for 53 more military personnel over alleged Gülen links

The Sakarya, Konya and Kırıkkale chief public prosecutor’s offices issued detention warrants for 53 military personnel of various ranks in last 24 hours as...

Woman sent back to jail with newborn a day after delivery

Ayşe Ateş, who was jailed when she was five months pregnant due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, gave birth at an İzmir...

[OPINION] The UN confirms torture and abuse in Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt A damning report by the United Nations on allegations of torture and ill treatment in Turkey’s prisons and detention centers under an...

EU has ‘serious concerns’ about rule of law, independent judiciary in Turkey

A spokesperson for the European Union has expressed “serious concerns” over the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary in Turkey, in...

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