An Egyptian professor could face dismissal over a video posted on Facebook showing her belly dancing on her rooftop, which sparked an investigation by her college in the Red Sea port city of Suez

German officials have met with a German-Turkish journalist imprisoned since January in Istanbul and say he's doing well, but suffering from being kept in solitary confinement

German official: Imprisoned German-Turkish journalist doing well, but suffering from solitary confinement

Egyptian President el-Sissi, first foreign leader to congratulate Trump on his electoral win, visits White House today

Turkey's state-run news agency says 21 people, ordered to be released from jail pending trial for membership in an armed terror organization, remain imprisoned

Turkey's state run news agency says a court in Istanbul has released singer Atilla Tas and 20 others from jail pending an outcome of their trial on terrorism charges

An Emirati academic held since August 2015 over his tweets has been sentenced to 10 years in prison

The past couple of years have been hard for Turkey, buffeted by bombings, violence between government forces and Kurdish rebels, and a failed coup attempt that unleashed a huge crackdown

A Turkish pop singer and 28 other people have gone on trial for alleged links to a failed coup attempt, highlighting the gulf between Ankara's assertions that the prosecutions are necessary and international concerns that Turkish democracy is in peril