Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office

Prosecutors on Nov. 30 sought life sentences for 68 suspects, including senior leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Salih Moslim, the head of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), linked to the bomb attack on a military bus in Ankara earlier this year that killed 29.    
  

The Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office ordered the detention of 45 people over the controversial "Cosmic Room" investigation, opened back in 2009 following an alleged plot to assassinate former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç. Some 23 of those on the detention list were detained by police at various addresses, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Followers of the Turkish Islamic-scholar Fethullah Gülen still hold crucial illegally-obtained data, according to an indictment revealed on July 15 by the state-run Anadolu Agency, also adding that Gülen sympathizers received "support from foreign countries." 

As Turkey's political leaders continue to trade harsh epithets in the aftermath of a sexual abuse scandal, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has filed yet another complaint against the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader on "insult" charges, demanding 100,000 liras in compensation for non-pecuniary damages.

A local prosecutor has appealed to the country's top election body and the Interior Ministry as part of an ongoing investigation into the leak of a database which contained the personal information of nearly 50 million Turkish citizens.

A Turkish prosecutor has dropped a complaint filed against security officials on charges of failing to take sufficient measures both before and in the aftermath of the Oct.

The main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) has filed a criminal complaint into President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, National Intelligence Organization (M?T) Chief Hakan Fidan and other senior officials, on charges of "aiding and abetting a terrorist organization." The complaint relates to their involvement the long-stalled peace process aimed at ending the

A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceedings against Republican People's Party (CHP) Secretary-General Gürsel Tekin for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an during a Jan. 15 press briefing in which he strongly criticized the detentions of academics who signed a petition calling for an end to military operations in southeast Turkey. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta?, claiming that the latter "insulted" him in a recent speech.

A Turkish prosecutor has filed a summary of proceeding against the country's main opposition leader on charges of "insulting the president" in his public speeches and through messages he shared on social media.