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A trial over the July 2016 coup attempt in Turkey began at a prison courtroom in Sincan on Monday. Two hundred of the 221 defendants in the case were marched into the courtroom before a group...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Sunday that the state of emergency temporarily placed on the country after last year's failed coup would continue until the country reached "welfare and peace." The state of emergency gives Erdoğan...

The Turkish Parliament elected seven new members to the country's 13-member Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) in an overnight vote Wednesday under changes made to the constitution in a referendum last...

Turkish authorities removed more than 3900 people from their positions in the civil service and military pursuant to a new national security law published on Saturday. Those removed included prison guards, clerks, academics, and employees of the...

Turkey blocked the website Wikipedia on Saturday deeming it a threat to national security. Opponents say Turkey's choice to block the website further supports rights groups and Turkey's Western allies opinion that...

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Thursday that the Turkish Constitutional Court would reject any opposition challenge to a referendum that expanded President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's powers, and the European Court of Human...

Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan , announced a victory on Sunday after 51.5 percent of Turkish voters elected to expand presidential powers. However, his political opponents are demanding a recount as some of the ballots did...

A UK high court on Wednesday stayed the extradition of a British man, Rosslee Charles, to Turkey given concerns over his safety. Charles, a gay man, was convicted of homosexual rape in Turkey in 2006. Before the trial, Charles had...

Legal counsel for detained reporter, Deniz Yucel, appeared before the Turkish Constitutional Court to request his release, his employer Die Welt said Wednesday. Yucel was detained in mid-February, and has been held by the Turkish...

The Court of Appeal for Ontario on Wednesday affirmed a ruling requiring a Vice Media reporter to turn over materials and communications used to write three stories regarding an accused terrorist in 2014. Ben Makuch...