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Turkey captures high-ranking ISIL terrorist in Bursa province: report

Turkish police on Wednesday detained a high-ranking Syrian member of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Bursa province, the pro-government...

Economic hardship erodes Erdoğan’s support in İstanbul, Ankara: report

With Turkey’s local elections a month away, support for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) is being eroded by a deterioration...

14 Turkish teachers detained after football pitch dispute with prosecutor

A prosecutor in Turkey ordered the detention of 14 teachers after a scheduling conflict over a football field, the Diken news website reported on...

Turkey’s intelligence head speaks to university rectors, academics in unusual conference speech

Hakan Fidan, the undersecretary of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), gave a talk at a conference on regional security at the country’s Higher Education...

Former PM Davutoğlu poised to become leader of new political party: report

Former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu is poised to become the leader of a new political party that will be established by the former heavyweights...

Pro-gov’t TV station hires actor from casting agency to speak in favor of Erdoğan

A Haber, a staunchly pro-government Turkish TV station, hired an actor from a casting agency to speak in favor of Turkish President Recep Tayyip...

Former high appeals court judge sentenced 13 years over Gülen links

Former Supreme Court of Appeals judge Oktay Acu on Wednesday was handed down a thirteen-and-a-half-year sentence by a court for his alleged ties to...

Erdoğan claims opposition’s election alliance is guided by terrorist groups

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday posted a tweet in which he accused a mainstream opposition alliance formed in advance of Turkey’s approaching...

Opposition deputy: Cost of official cars grew by 177 percent last year

The cost of vehicles leased by public offices in Turkey increased by 177 percent, growing by TL 537 million ($100 million) in 2018, according...

NGOs demand release of Turkish activists held over protests

Several NGOs including Amnesty International in a joint statement called for an end to what they termed "judicial harassment" of civil society activists in...

Purge victim computer technician reinstated to job after his death

Ömer Faruk Arsoy, a computer technician who used to work at a state hospital in the southern Turkish province of Mersin but was removed...

AKP mayoral candidate promises public beach to landlocked Denizli

Osman Zolan, a mayoral candidate from the ranks of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for the western Turkish province of Denizli, has...

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