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Turkish prosecutor orders detention of 60 over alleged Gülen links

The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday ordered the detention of 60 suspects, including members of the Turkish military, as part of a large-scale post-coup...

Turkish court arrests ousted mayor of Diyarbakır on terrorism charges

Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, the former mayor of Diyarbakır who was previously removed from office by the Interior Ministry was arrested by a court on Tuesday on terrorism-related...

Turkish gov’t replaces 4 Kurdish mayors with trustees: report

Turkey has replaced four mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) with state officials, the offices of two provincial governors said on Tuesday, part of...

Journalists in exile hold protest in Germany in support of jailed colleagues in Turkey

Journalists who fled a government crackdown in Turkey and took shelter in Germany held a protest over the weekend on the sidelines of a book fair...

AKP Ordu mayor accused of earning $42,000 a month from state and private posts

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) mayor of Ordu Hilmi Güler, also a former minister, takes in a monthly income of TL250,000 (around $42,000)...

Turkey detains 4 Kurdish mayors who were removed from office

Turkish police on Monday detained four Kurdish mayors, including the chief executive of Turkey’s largest predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakır, after first removing them from office in...

Turkey arrests 3 people protesting opposition party’s support for Syria incursion

Three people who attempted to stage a demonstration protesting the support for a Turkish military incursion into northern Syria extended by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party...

Local İstanbul authorities ban Hrant Dink foundation conference on history of central Anatolian city

The Hrant Dink Foundation on Thursday announced that a planned conference on the heritage of Kayseri province has been banned by local İstanbul authorities. The conference, titled “The...

Turkey replaces Kurdish mayors amid crackdown on criticism of Syria offensive

Turkey replaced the mayors of a Kurdish-majority town in its Southeast with a state official, the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) said, amid a crackdown at...

Erdoğan aide’s son-in-law acquitted of Gülen ties

The son-in-law of Bülent Arınç, a former deputy prime minister and a current member of the Presidential Higher Advisory Board, has been acquitted of terrorism charges stemming...

Thespian sentenced to 1 year in prison on Erdoğan insult charges

Renowned Turkish thespian Orhan Aydın has been handed down a prison sentence of 11 months, 20 days on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

Turkish appeals court upholds prison sentences of 20 lawyers on terrorism charges

A regional Turkish appeals court on Wednesday upheld prison sentences handed down to 20 attorneys from now-closed lawyers associations on terrorism charges, the Bianet news website...

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