Turkey
4 ODTÜ students detained hours before graduation ceremony
July 1, 2019
4 ODTÜ students detained hours before graduation ceremony
Four students from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) were taken into police custody on Sunday, hours before the school’s graduation…
Top officials at İstanbul Municipality resign as new mayor takes office
June 29, 2019
Top officials at İstanbul Municipality resign as new mayor takes office
İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Secretary-general Hayri Baraçlı announced on Friday that he and his seven assistants and legal advisor have all…
Secret investigation under way into opposition leader over Gülen links: lawyer
June 29, 2019
Secret investigation under way into opposition leader over Gülen links: lawyer
Turkish prosecutors have been conducting an investigation into İyi (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener since 2016 due to her alleged…
Officials who conducted Turkish intelligence trucks probe in 2014 get lengthy prison sentences
June 29, 2019
Officials who conducted Turkish intelligence trucks probe in 2014 get lengthy prison sentences
A Turkish court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to the prosecutors and military officers who worked on a…
Editor of gov’t-critical news website detained for insulting Turkish president
June 29, 2019
Editor of gov’t-critical news website detained for insulting Turkish president
Ali Ergin Demirhan, editor of the sendika.org news website, a media outlet critical of the Turkish government, was detained on…
Turkey orders detention of 27 sailors from Naval Forces
June 29, 2019
Turkey orders detention of 27 sailors from Naval Forces
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 27 sailors from Turkey’s Naval Forces as part…
Turkey’s state of emergency commission has approved 6,000 out of 77,900 purge victim applications reviewed
June 29, 2019
Turkey’s state of emergency commission has approved 6,000 out of 77,900 purge victim applications reviewed
A commission set up by the government to look into complaints from individuals who were adversely affected by government decrees…
Investigation into enforced disappearance severely lacking: Ankara Bar Association
June 28, 2019
Investigation into enforced disappearance severely lacking: Ankara Bar Association
A Turkish police investigation into an enforced disappearance has been slammed by the Ankara Association for failing to meet basic…
Mayor-elect Imamoglu receives mandate for Istanbul mayorship
June 28, 2019
Mayor-elect Imamoglu receives mandate for Istanbul mayorship
Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s second-time mayor-elect from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) received the official mandate to be the…
Turkey’s police view Kurdish songs as terrorist propaganda, singer says
June 28, 2019
Turkey’s police view Kurdish songs as terrorist propaganda, singer says
Ciya Senses, the lead singer of the band Koma Gulên Xerzan, has said that police officers told him during his…