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Cumhuriyet’s Atalay: Happiness impossible while many still in prison

The Cumhuriyet daily’s chief executive officer, Akın Atalay, who was released from pretrial detention last night, said he would be ashamed to be happy...

Harms calls on ECtHR to immediately process Sabuncu, Şik complaints

Rebecca Harms, spokeswoman for foreign affairs and expert on Turkey in the European Parliament’s Greens/EFA group, on Thursday called on the European Court of...

Detention warrants issued for 26 more military personnel over alleged Gülen links

The Eskişehir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 26 military personnel as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen...

OSCE’s Désir calls on Turkey to release all journalists

Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has called on Turkey to release...

Cumhuriyet journalists given jail sentences on terror charges

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 14 staff members of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet to prison on terrorism charges and acquitted three, one of...

RSF reports historic decline in press freedom in Turkey

Turkey, which has jailed more than 250 journalists and media workers, is ranked 157th among 180 countries in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released on...

10-month-old baby accompanies mother jailed over Gülen links

Nazlı Mert, a Turkish woman with a 10-month-old baby, has been put behind bars over alleged links to the Gülen movement. Mert was initially detained by police...

Turkey’s Erdoğan found his mirror image in Venezuela’s Maduro

by Abdullah Bozkurt Attempts to forge robust ties with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela by the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reinforce the view...

Erdoğan’s foundation takes over 76 Gülen movement schools in 10 countries

The Maarif Foundation, which was established by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in 2016, has taken over 76 schools linked to...

Erdoğan on Gül’s candidacy: I don’t have a problem with that

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said the possible candidacy of former President Abdullah Gül from the opposition side would not change his...

PACE calls on Turkey to postpone early elections: Overall legitimacy at stake

The Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), meeting in Strasbourg on Tuesday, expressed concern about early presidential and parliamentary elections...

Bosnian court denies Turkish extradition request for alleged Gülen follower

A Bosnian court has dismissed a request for extradition to Turkey of a Turkish national, one among several wanted for alleged links to the...

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