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75 face detention for financially assisting families of jailed Gülen followers
Turkish police on Monday carried out operations to detain 75 people on allegations of terrorism since they provided financial assistance to the families of...
Tons of UK plastic waste illegally dumped and burned in Turkey: report
Thousands of tons of UK plastic are being illegally dumped and burned in Turkey, sparking environmental and health fears for those living nearby, according...
Police violence against members of anti-gov’t religious group sparks outrage
Turkish police in the southern province of Adana sparked outrage when they employed batons, plastic bullets and pepper spray in what many said was...
Healthcare workers, teachers detained over alleged Gülen links
Nine healthcare workers and teachers have been detained in the southern province of Adana due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the...
Numerous people detained over social media posts in SE Turkey
Police have conducted simultaneous raids in southern, southeastern and eastern Turkish cities, taking a large number of people into custody in connection with their...
Prosecutor orders detention of 63 suspects over Gülen links in post-coup crackdown
The Adana Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 63 suspects as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, the...
Local opposition youth branch official arrested after Erdoğan remarks
A youth branch official from Turkey’s main opposition
party was arrested on Saturday by an Adana court after President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan targeted him, according to...
Turkish authorities arrest police officer who killed young Syrian refugee
A police
officer, identified only by his initials F.K., has been arrested for shooting
dead a 17-year-old Syrian refugee in the southern Turkish province of Adana,...
HDP will not nominate candidates for İstanbul, Adana, İzmir mayoral elections
The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) announced on Monday that they would not field candidates for the March 31 mayoral elections in the metropolitan...
Government critic, religious foundation chair faces 20-year prison sentence
The Adana 11th High Criminal Court on Friday accepted an indictment demanding 20 years in prison for Alparslan Kuytul, the chairman of a religious...
[OPINION] Bulgaria linked to Turkey’s illegal arms shipment to jihadists in Syria
Abdullah BozkurtAn intercepted arms shipment to jihadist groups including al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria by the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan apparently involved...
25 students detained over Gülen links in police raid on university housing
Turkish police on Saturday detained 25 university students in Adana province as part of an investigation by the Adana Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into...