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Nearly 500 PKK terrorists left inside Turkey, says interior minister

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said at a gendarmerie command meeting on Wednesday that slightly more than 500 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants are left inside...

Former Erdoğan ally criticizes ‘one man rule,’ plans new party by yearend

Former Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan warned on Tuesday of the dangers of “one man rule” and said he hoped to have formed a new...

Turkish court arrests 3 more Kurdish mayors from HDP

As part of a widening crackdown on elected mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), a Turkish court has arrested three district mayors in the...

Turkish police briefly detain 50 members of anti-gov’t religious group

Turkish police used disproportionate force on Tuesday against members of a religious group, known as the Furkan Foundation, who had gathered in Sıhhıye Square in Ankara,...

Turkey orders detention of 237 suspected of Gülen movement ties in last 2 days

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 237 suspects, including active duty soldiers, in the last two days as part of a large-scale crackdown targeting followers...

Turkey’s Interior Ministry blocks business permit for purge victim teacher

A district municipality in Turkey’s southern province of Mersin refused to issue a business permit for former elementary school teacher Ramazan Tekin, who was previously removed from...

CHP politician sues journalists over claim he met with Erdoğan

Muharrem İnce, a former deputy for Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has filed lawsuits against journalists Rahmi Turan and Talat Atilla over their claim that...

Women gathered in İstanbul for ‘elimination of violence day’ dispersed with pepper spray, plastic bullets

İstanbul police on Monday evening dispersed women who gathered to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, using pepper spray and plastic...

İstanbul mayor to seek funding overseas after domestic lenders stop extending routine loans

İstanbul’s new mayor has said Turkey’s state banks stopped making routine loans to the city after a June election in which he pulled off a shock...

Turkish lawyer exposes torture of client detained over Gülen links

A Turkish lawyer on Saturday said his client, who was detained last week as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, was subjected to...

Police had prior information on deadliest terror attack in Turkish history, new documents reveal

According to new documents the Turkish police had prior intelligence about the preparations for a 2015 suicide bomb attack in Ankara at least eight days before...

Turkey orders 138 detentions in post-coup crackdown on Gülen followers

Turkish prosecutors on Friday ordered the detention of 138 suspects as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused...

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