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4th Kurdish inmate in a week kills self over public silence on hunger strikes

The fourth Kurdish inmate in a week has committed suicide in protest of the public silence on hunger strikes in several Turkish prisons over...

Turkish FM alleges some Kurdish opposition party candidates are terrorists

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Sunday said some of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and İYİ (Good) Party’s city council candidates who come from a...

More than 70 Hizbullah terrorists released from prison after ECtHR ruling: report

The Turkish media on Monday reported that more than 70 militants of the Hizbullah terrorist group were released from prison based on a ruling from the...

HRW says indictment against Kavala, 15 others over Gezi Park protests ‘baseless’

An indictment accusing civic leader Osman Kavala and 15 others of financing and organizing mass protests in Turkey in 2013 in an attempt to overthrow the...

Provocative flyers falsely appearing to be from HDP distributed in Antalya

As Turkey enters its last week before local elections on March 31, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has revealed that flyers containing provocative messages and made to...

Erdoğan says Hagia Sophia could be converted from museum into a mosque

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has changed his stance on the historic Hagia Sophia in İstanbul, which currently serves as a museum, saying that...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 51 military members

A prosecutor in Turkey’s Adana province has issued detention warrants for 51 active duty and retired military members on coup allegations as part of...

Inmate commits suicide to protest public silence on hunger strikes in Turkey

Ayten Beçet, a 28-year-old inmate in Gebze Prison, committed suicide to protest the public silence on hunger strikes in several Turkish prisons concerning the “isolation” of...

Turkish Interior Ministry claims 325 city council candidates from opposition have ties to PKK

A Turkish Interior Ministry report claims that 325 candidates for municipal councils from the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the İYİ (Good) Party and the Felicity Party...

99 percent of this town is Muslim. How could anybody vote for opposition?: Turkish AKP official

“Ninety-nine percent of this town is Muslim. How could anybody vote for the CHP?” asked İbrahim Sayın, a ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) official...

Expert report contradicts gov’t claims of bombing during 2016 coup attempt

An expert report submitted to a court hearing a trial concerning a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey asserted that a plane which allegedly bombed a...

Prosecutor demands life for alleged tipster in MİT trucks case

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded a life sentence for a teacher accused of notifying the gendarmerie in 2014 when National Intelligence Organization (MİT) trucks carrying weapons...

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