Court blocks access to social media sites which failed to comply with order to remove footage showing slain prosecutor when he was held hostage last week Access in Turkey to social media sites, Twitter and Youtube, has been blocked by court order on Monday as they reportedly failed remove of footage showing the slain prosecutor held hostage. Last Friday, the Istanbul […]

‘We are all Mehmet Selim,’ says Turkish justice minister in courthouse where prosecutor was killed after being held hostage by two terrorists Hundreds of people gathered Wednesday in Istanbul’s main courthouse on Wednesday to pay tribute to the prosecutor who was killed by terrorists. Members of justice, judges, prosecutors, lawyers as well as army officials […]

Gunmen seize Mehmet Selim Kiraz, a prosecutor handling the controversal Berkin Elvan case A public prosecutor at an Istanbul courthouse has been taken hostage by unknown gunmen. Mehmet Selim Kiraz had been handling the case of Berkin Elvan, who was critically injured during 2013’s Gezi Park protests and died in March 2014 after being in […]

Vijf Nederlanders zijn aangehouden bij de Turkse grens met Syrië wegens het illegaal oversteken van de grens tussen Turkije en Syrië, zo meldt het Turkse leger. Daarnaast zijn er 92 Syriërs opgepakt die via illegale wijze Turkije wilden binnenkomen. Ook zijn er 13 Syriërs en een Irakees opgepakt bij de Iraakse grens. Bij de Griekse […]