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Turkey court sentences six journalists to life imprisonment for role in 2016 coup; activists say verdict endangers journalism
•A court in Turkey on Friday sentenced six journalists, including two prominent brothers, to life in jail for aiding the plotters of a failed coup in 2016, State media said
Turkey prosecutor says 1,000 people could be released from jail after being falsely accused of links to US-based cleric
•A prosecutor says some 1,000 people could be released from jail after being falsely accused of links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Turkey's public sector purge continues: 2,700 more workers sacked for alleged links with terror groups
•Turkey has sacked 2,756 more people from its public service sector for alleged links to terror groups as it presses ahead with purges launched following last year's failed military coup.
Turkey seeks to jail NBA star Enes Kanter for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
•Kanter, who has previously compared Erdogan to Adolf Hitler, lives in the United States and will be tried in absentia.
Turkish police raid 49 cities, detain over 300 soldiers over links to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen
•Turkish police have launched raids in 49 cities to detain over 300 soldiers accused of links to the group blamed for last year's attempted coup, state media reported Wednesday.
Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he reached same 'wavelength' with Donald Trump in call
•Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says in a telephone conversation he held with US president Donald Trump last week, the two leaders were on the same "wavelength."
Turkey set to resume trial of over 220 suspects linked to 2016 coup to unseat Recep Tayyip Erdogan
•A mass trial in Turkey is set to resume of more than 220 suspects accused of being among ringleaders of last year's coup bid to unseat Recep Tayyip Erdogan
US, Turkey in diplomatic row after arrest of Turkish staffer at American mission; visa services scaled back
•The United States and Turkey have scaled back visa issuing services in each other's countries in a deepening diplomatic row sparked by the arrest of a Turkish staffer at the American mission in Istanbul.
Turkey arrests 35 lstanbul officials over links to 2016 coup; 112 total warrants issued
•Turkish police on Tuesday arrested 35 local authority officials in Istanbul over alleged ties to last year's failed coup, state media reported.
Turkey seeks arrest of 35 media workers, accused of mobilising crowd, over Fethullah Gulen link
•Turkish authorities on Thursday issued arrest warrants for 35 employees of media groups on suspicion of links to the alleged mastermind of 2016 coup.