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Erdoğan addresses new party efforts, says AKP to continue getting stronger

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Tuesday addressed former allies who are engaged in efforts to establish new political parties, stating that his ruling Justice and...

Court arrests 4 men allegedly abducted by Turkish intelligence

Four out of six men who were allegedly abducted by the Turkish intelligence agency in February and were missing for months were arrested by a court...

4 political parties in Turkish parliament call for extradition of Gülen from US

Four political parties in the Turkish parliament issued a joint statement on Friday calling for the extradition from the US of Turkish-Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, who...

Turkey’s purge victims launch online TV station on YouTube

Victims of a massive government-led purge in Turkey that has taken place in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in July 2016 have set up...

Calling 2016 coup attempt a ‘scenario’ is not a crime, top Turkish court rules

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision that acquitted a defendant who described a failed coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016...

Bar association reports ill treatment of inmates by guards in Turkey’s east

The Diyarbakır Bar Association has announced that scores of inmates in a high security prison in eastern Elazığ province were physically battered by guards, the Artı Gerçek...

Jailed Turkish teacher not taken to hospital after cardiac problem

Teacher İsmet Özçelik, who was abducted from Malaysia by the Turkish intelligence agency and rendered to Turkey, was not taken to a hospital despite reportedly having suffered...

Deputy says purge victim missing for 3 days may have been abducted

Yusuf Bilge Tunç, a former civil servant who was fired from Turkey’s Defense Ministry, has been missing since Tuesday, according to Turkish deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu,...

Öcalan calls for new initiative to resolve Turkey’s Kurdish conflict

Jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan has called for a new initiative to bring a peaceful settlement to the ethnic violence in Turkey’s...

Babacan clearly signals establishment of rival party to Erdoğan’s AKP

Turkey’s former deputy prime minister Ali Babacan released a statement on Thursday overtly signaling his intention to establish a new political party to rival President Recep Tayyip...

Bianet lawyer says ban on access to website lifted: report

Turkish authorities have lifted a ban of access to independent news site Bianet after an outcry against a move the company's lawyer said Wednesday had been...

Deported Syrians complain of unjust treatment by Turkish officials

While the Turkish government denies claims that it is deporting Syrian refugees and says it only allows voluntary returns, Deutsche Welle Turkish service spoke to several Syrians...

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