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Purge victim teacher denied right to inherit late father’s estate: report

Kemal Gökçe, a former teacher who was dismissed on allegations of terrorism from his job after a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, was denied his claim...

Turkey detains 261,000, arrests 91,000 in post-coup crackdown on Gülen followers

Turkey has investigated 559,064 people for alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused of masterminding a 2016 coup attempt despite its strong denial...

Turkish court challenges top court reversal of Cumhuriyet journalists’ conviction

A Turkish court on Thursday decided to challenge a Supreme Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the court’s previous conviction of 12 former Cumhuriyet daily journalists,...

Official denies claims that Erdoğan received CHP politician at presidential palace

Fahrettin Altun, the head of Turkey’s Presidential Communication Directorate, has denied a recent media report that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with an unnamed member of the...

5 Grup Yorum members released pending trial

Five members of Grup Yorum, a leftist music band in Turkey, were released pending trial on Wednesday, the Birgün daily reported. The defendants were put in...

Erdoğan followed by İmamoğlu, Demirtaş in most approved politicians poll

The politicians receiving the highest approval ratings from the Turkish public are President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and Selahattin Demirtaş, a jailed Kurdish...

Turkey’s Kurdish party calls for early election, rules out parliament withdrawal

Turkey’s Kurdish opposition party on Wednesday called for an early election but ruled out withdrawing from parliament to protest the government’s dismissal of dozens of its...

Turkish officials order 229 detentions in ongoing post-coup crackdown on Gülen movement

Turkish prosecutors in İzmir and Ankara ordered the detention of 229 suspects as part of a large-scale crackdown targeting the followers of the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Turkish court arrests 2 Kurdish news outlet reporters on terrorism charges

A Turkish court in İzmir province on Saturday arrested two journalists from the Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency on terrorism charges, according to the Turkish media. Ruken Demir...

Kurdish party considering pulling MPs from Turkish parliament: report

A Kurdish opposition party is considering withdrawing lawmakers from Turkey's parliament due to mounting pressure it is facing and as an act of protest against the...

More femicides in Turkey this year compared to 2018: interior minister

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said 299 women have been murdered in Turkey to date this year, already above last year’s figure of 280, the...

Turkey orders detention of 174 more Gülen followers in post-coup crackdown

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 174 suspects in two separate investigations into the faith-based Gülen movement, part of a...

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