Turkish National Intelligence Agency

A Turkish court delivered the reasoned decision on Jue 17 on the case of the 2012 plot of the FETÖ, known as the group's first overt attempt to overthrow the government.

A Turkish flag  in Istanbul, May 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

Prosecutors in the cities of Izmir and Ankara ordered the arrests based on information from the Turkish National Intelligence Agency, alleging that the suspects have links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who is accused by Ankara of mounting a failed coup in 2016.

A court in Istanbul ruled on Sunday to arrest Murat Agırel, a columnist with Yenicag Daily newspaper, and Yeni Yasam managing editor Ferhat Celik and editor-in-chief Aydın Keser over news reports on the funeral of a high-ranking intelligence officer who was killed in Libya.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu, who has been jailed since June in an Istanbul prison, was taken to the hospital late on Sept. 21 and is expected to undergo an operation next week.

Berberoğlu was taken to the hospital from Maltepe Prison where he is currently serving his sentence on charges of espionage.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is "not alone against the government's understanding that polarizes society and constrains citizens in an 'us vs. them' dilemma," CHP head Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said.

We met with "MY 114-1 (C)" in one of Abdülkadir Selvi's columns.

Afterwards, we witnessed a debate including other columnists regarding "MY 114-1 (C)."

Then, we learned that there was a "MY 114-1 (B)" and a "MY 114-1 (A)" even before that.  

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has submitted a parliamentary question to demand answers from Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım over an investigation into seven abducted people, all of whom were subjects of ongoing investigations into the followers of Fethullah Gülen and who were suspended from their jobs by presidential decree. 

German lawmakers have voiced anger at claims that Turkey is spying on a fellow member of parliament.

The caucus leader of the Social Democratic Party, Thomas Oppermann, said it was "absolutely unacceptable" that lawmaker Michelle Müntefering "appeared on a list" that the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MİT) handed to the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND). 

Germany launched a second investigation on March 28 into suspected spying by Turkey, with the German interior minister saying Berlin will not tolerate foreign espionage on its soil.

Last night, breaking news came out from the reporters who had been waiting for hours at the gates of Turkey's Constitutional Court. The court had ruled that the rights of daily Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar and Ankara bureau chief Erdem Gül had been violated. In other words, these journalists, who had been in jail for 92 days, had to be released.