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Man tries to set self on fire in Gaziantep over financial problems

Ümit A., who was laid off two years ago from a municipal job in the southern province of Gaziantep, tried to set himself on fire in...

Turkish police raid house of abducted civil servant

The wife of an allegedly abducted former civil servant announced on Twitter on Tuesday that the police searched their residence, although there is still no information on...

Former Turkish soccer player gets 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links

A high criminal court in İstanbul on Tuesday handed down a six year, three month sentence to former soccer player İsmail Demiriz for “membership in an...

Kurdish political parties call for end to hunger strike-related suicides in prison

The co-chairs of four Kurdish political parties have come together in Diyarbakır to call for an end to political suicides in Turkey’s prisons after four Kurdish inmates...

Turkish media outlets run findings of fake polling company

A number of Turkish media outlets published the election findings of a fake polling company without fact-checking the pollster ahead of local elections on March 31. A Twitter...

Suspect in Karlov assassination case claims torture, recants previous testimony

Hüseyin Kötüce, one of the suspects in the December 2016 murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, has recanted his previous admissions, claiming that the statements...

Witch-hunt continues in Turkey with 79 detention warrants issued countrywide

Seventy-nine detention warrants were issued for people across Turkey on Tuesday people over links to the faith-based Gülen movement, local media reported. In Muğla province 17 suspects are...

3 women, infant die after boat carrying migrants to Greece sinks off Turkish coast

Turkish authorities say three women and an infant died after a fiberglass boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off the Turkish coast, The Associated Press reported. The...

Interior minister says city council candidates ‘linked to terrorism’ will be suspended if elected

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced that there are a total of 378 city council candidates running in the local elections to be held on...

Most public servants arrested over Gülen links are teachers, military officers: report

Out of more than 30,000 public servants who were arrested in the aftermath of a failed coup in Turkey in July 2016 due to their alleged...

Pro-gov’t media accuse comedy show of attempting perception management

Two pro-government media outlets in Turkey, the Sabah newspaper and A Haber TV station, have accused the producers of a famous comedy show of attempting perception...

Turkish university student goes missing while trying to flee to Greece

A 21-year-old Turkish university student, Mahir Mete Kul, has gone missing while trying to flee to Greece via the Maritsa River as the boat carrying him...

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