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AKP gov’t cancelled 3,804 press cards in 5 years

Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has cancelled the press cards of 3,804 journalists over the past five years, according to Vice President Fuat Oktay, Turkish...

SGK employees sentenced to prison for checking Erdoğan’s social security record

Five staff members of Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) in Trabzon were sentenced to two years, six months in prison each for looking at President Recep Tayyip...

Turkish Parliament receives 30 summaries of proceedings for 19 HDP deputies

The Turkish Parliament has received 30 summaries of proceedings on terrorism charges against 19 deputies from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), including Sezai Temelli and...

Pollster: New parties to determine result of Turkey’s 2023 presidential election

Özer Sencar, the owner and president of the Ankara-based Metropoll polling company, has said new parties that will be established by two former Justice and Development...

Detention warrants issued for 41 over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 41 people across 15 provinces due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused by the...

Interrogation rooms set up in İstanbul municipal buildings following coup attempt

A maritime worker who was purged from his job at the İstanbul Municipality due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement in the aftermath of...

Special court established in Ankara to try intelligence officials

A new court has been established in the Turkish capital city of Ankara to try members of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), the Hürriyet daily reported...

Purged police officer killed in clash with terrorists while performing military service

Zekeriya Burak Altınok, one of thousands of police officers removed from their jobs on terrorism charges in the aftermath of a failed coup in Turkey in...

$2.4 billion in discretionary funds allocated for Erdoğan’s use in 2020

A total of TL14.1 billion (around $2.4 billion) has been allocated from the state budget as discretionary funds to be used by Turkish President...

Turkey arrests 3 more ousted Kurdish mayors

Following the arrest of former Diyarbakır Mayor Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı on Tuesday, Turkish courts have ruled to arrest three more mayors from the Kurdish People’s Democratic...

Office rented by Davutoğlu for his new party closed off by AKP municipality

An office in İstanbul’s Bahçelievler district rented by former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who is preparing to establish a rival party to his former Justice...

Police detained purge victim teachers in southeast Turkey, opposition deputy says

Turkish police on Tuesday raided a private educational institution and detained teachers previously purged from their jobs in the southeastern Turkish province of Batman, the TR724 news...

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