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Turkish court sentences pro-Kurdish HDP former co-chair to 10 years

An Ankara court on Friday sentenced Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) former deputy co-chair Aysel Tuğluk to 10 years in prison in a...

Court accepts indictment seeking 35 years in prison for Pastor Brunson

An indictment that demands 35 years in prison for American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey since October 2016, was accepted...

Prosecutor seeks 15 years for Cumhuriyet executives, journalists

The prosecutor overseeing an ongoing "terror" investigation into executives and writers from Turkey's Cumhuriyet daily on Friday demanded the imprisonment of all defendants for...

Veteran Turkish journalist Şahin Alpay released pending trial

Şahin Alpay, a veteran journalist and columnist for the now-closed Zaman and Today’s Zaman dailies, was released pending trial on Friday after Turkey’s Constitutional...

Turkey’s top court again rules to release jailed journalist Alpay

Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Friday ruled for a second time that the rights of arrested columnist Şahin Alpay have been violated, CNN Türk reported. The...

Greek court rejects Turkey’s request for extradition of eight soldiers

A Greek appeals court on Friday rejected a Turkish demand for the handover of eight Turkish soldiers accused by Ankara of having played a...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 36 military personnel over alleged Gülen links

The Muğla Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 36 military members, including one who had previously been dismissed as part...

Report: 402,000 Turks investigated over alleged Gülen links since July 2016

The number of people who have been investigated for alleged ties to the faith-based Gülen movement reached 402,000 in March, according to the state-run...

Bulgaria rebuts controversial Erdoğan statement on ‘spiritual’ borders

Bulgaria’s foreign ministry told Turkey on Tuesday that internationally agreed borders cannot be changed, reacting to a statement by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who...

Gülen-linked couple in detention allegedly pressured to become informers

Adem and Birsen Erdoğdu, a couple who both suffer from heart problems, have been kept in detention for nine days in Sakarya province and...

GRECO concerned about lack of judicial independence, transparency of legislative process in Turkey

The Council of Europe’s 49-member Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published two reports assessing Turkey’s record on preventing and combating corruption, which...

Lawyer of jailed military officers arrested over alleged Gülen links

Lawyer Kemal Uçar, known for his critical statements concerning the July 15, 2016 coup attempt cases, has been arrested after 11 days of detention...

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