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[UPDATE] Şanlıurfa car bomb attack kills 2, injures 11

A car bomb that exploded in Şanlıurfa on Friday night killed two and injured 11 others, Minister of Interior Affairs Süleyman Soylu announced on Saturday. A...

Erdoğan says voting ‘no’ for executive presidency is consenting to evil

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that voting "no" in a referendum that would introduce an executive presidency in Turkey would mean consenting to evil,...

Deputy public prosecutor: No offense, but ‘no’ voters in referendum to be treated as PKK members

Antalya Deputy Public Prosecutor Cevdet Kayafoğlu tweeted on Friday that those who vote “no” in an upcoming referendum for a constitutional amendment package which...

Police detain 21 women whose husbands are jailed over Gülen links

Twenty-one women, including 10 with newborn infants and two over 70 years of age, were detained in Afyon's Dinar district as part an investigation...

Mosque construction in İstanbul’s Taksim Square begins

Construction of a controversial mosque in İstanbul's Taksim Square began on Friday in a ceremony attended by İstanbul Mayor Kadiş Topbaş. On Feb. 6, İstanbul’s...

Gov’t-appointed mayor asks staff to vote ‘yes’ in upcoming referendum

The mayor of Diyarbakır’s Sur Municipality, who replaced a mayor from the Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) as part of a government decision in September,...

Men accused of attempting to rape 6 teachers: We thought they were Gülen followers

Three suspects accused of attempting to rape six female teachers in İzmir told a court they “wanted to force” the teachers to leave town...

Former prosecutors, judge overseeing Iran-backed Tevhid-Selam network detained in İstanbul

Former judge Dursun Ali Gündoğdu and prosecutors Adnan Çimen and Sadrettin Sarıkaya, who had overseen an investigation into the Iran-backed Tevhid-Selam network in Turkey...

Appeals court overturns acquittal of policeman who fatally beat Gezi protester

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court verdict acquitting a police officer who, along with other police officers and shopkeepers, administered...

[UPDATE] Newly released HDP deputy Encü arrested

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ferhat Encü, who was released from jail on Wednesday, was arrested on Friday after the Şırnak Chief Public Prosecutor's...

Erdoğan: I’m not so devoid of character as to seek executive presidency for myself

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been campaigning for a switch to an executive presidency by means of a referendum on April 16, claimed...

Detention warrant issued for another HDP deputy

As a court in Diyarbakır was issuing an arrest warrant for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy İdris Baluken, who was recently released from...

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