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Turkish court dismisses murder of military cadet during coup attempt

A Turkish court has ruled for non-prosecution on criminal complaints concerning the murder of air force cadet Murat Tekin during a failed coup attempt...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 295 military members over Gülen links

Turkey ordered the detention of 295 serving military personnel on Friday, the prosecutor’s office said, accusing them of links to the network of US-based...

2 police officers arrested for stealing money during pat down

Two police officers have been arrested for allegedly stealing money during a pat down of a man of Iranian origin in İstanbul in December,...

Nationalist deputies object to Armenian, Laz speeches in Turkish parliament

Deputies from the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Thursday objected to addresses to parliament given in Armenian and Laz, arguing that the speeches could...

Erdoğan claims opposition parties gave control of election alliance to terrorist groups

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said opposition parties that formed an alliance for upcoming local elections had turned over control of the...

Hate speech in Turkey against Christians on the rise: report

Christians in Turkey are worried about the increasing hate speech against their communities in the country, the Diken news website reported on Thursday, citing...

MİT trucks case against ultranationalist paper dropped due to statute of limitations

An İstanbul court on Thursday dropped a case against the executives of the ultranationalist Aydınlık newspaper over stories they ran in January 2014 on...

Former coup plot prosecutor gets 13 years in prison over Gülen links

Süleyman Pehlivan, a former prosecutor who took part in the 2003 Sledgehammer (Balyoz) coup plot trial, has been sentenced to 13 years, six months...

Police file report despite denial of knowledge of abducted men

A Turkish journalist living in exile has discovered that the Ankara Police Department filed a report on the abduction of two men earlier this...

Reporter who interviewed harassed university student briefly detained

Reporter Derya Okatan from the Artı Gerçek news website was detained on Thursday and released later the same day after she interviewed Merve Demirel,...

Once-praised district governor receives prison sentence for Gülen links

Kadir Güntepe, a former governor who was once praised by prominent government figures, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison on terrorism...

Activist doctor says after examination deputy on hunger strike is in critical condition

Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a renowned rights activist and a doctor of forensics, has examined Leyla Güven, a deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...

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