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At least 20 high appeals court judges to boycott ceremony at Erdoğan’s palace: report

At least 20 judges from Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals have decided to boycott the opening ceremony of the new judicial year at the presidential palace...

Unregistered Syrian migrants given 2-month reprieve for leaving Istanbul

Turkey has extended to Oct. 30 its deadline for Syrian migrants not registered in Istanbul to leave the city or face forced removal, Interior...

503 forest fires scorch 1,344 acres of Turkish land in a month: report

Turkey has experienced 503 forest fires in the last month, according to the Habertürk news website, destroying 1,344 hectares of land. A total of 1,345 forest fires...

Residents of 56 pct of Turkish provinces subjected to polluted air: report

The people in more than half of Turkey’s 81 provinces — 56 percent — breathed polluted air last year, according to the Right to Clean Air...

6 journalists detained amid protests against removal of Kurdish mayors

Six journalists in Mardin and Diyarbakır were taken into police custody while following protests against the government removal of three Kurdish mayors on Monday, according to...

Turkish journalist detained on terrorism charges

Ayşegül Tözeren, a columnist for the Evrensel daily and a poet, was detained by police early Tuesday on suspicion of terrorist links, according to Fatih Polat,...

Kurdish mayor summoned to testify in terrorism investigation

Ayhan Bilgen, the co-mayor of Kars from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), announced on Tuesday that he had been summoned by a prosecutor to testify...

Detention warrants issued for 18 in İzmir over Gülen ties

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 18 individuals in the western province of İzmir on allegations of being followers of the Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu...

HDP calls on other parties to raise their voice against removal of elected mayors

Kurdish Peoples’ Democracy Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Pervin Buldan has called on political parties in the Turkish parliament, other than the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and...

İstanbul governor nixes investigation into Erdoğan bodyguards who beat lawyer

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has refused to allow an investigation into two police officers who, as bodyguards of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reportedly beat a lawyer...

Turkish police intervene in protests against gov’t removal of 3 Kurdish mayors

Turkish police on Monday intervened with force in demonstrations in several cities protesting a government decision to remove the mayors of Diyarbakır, Mardin and Van, according...

First act of gov’t-appointed trustee in Van: hanging Erdoğan’s photo in mayor’s office

Mehmet Emin Bilmez , the former governor of the eastern Turkish province of Van who was appointed on Monday as trustee for the Van Municipality after...

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