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‘Don’t let those damn guys get elected in the Southeast’: AKP mayoral candidate

Mehmet Özhaseki, a mayoral candidate from the ruling party in Turkey’s upcoming local elections, said Kurdish politicians from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) should...

2 more men abducted by armed group in Ankara: report

Özgür Kaya and Yasin Ugan, both of Ankara, were reportedly abducted from their apartment building on Wednesday, with police saying they have no information...

Civil society group calls for repealing article on insulting president

The Denge ve Denetleme Ağı, or DDA (Checks and Balances Network), an umbrella civil society group that consists of 271 nongovernmental organizations, has called...

Turkish-German journalist released from jail yet faces travel ban

German-Turkish reporter Adil Demirci has been released from an İstanbul prison after months behind bars but the court has prohibited the 33-year-old from leaving...

Turkey detains 52 Syrians over ISIL links

Turkish police have detained 52 Syrian nationals over their suspected links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), The Associated Press...

Rumor of dispatch to Europe sparks false hope among Syrian refugees in Turkey

A large crowd of Syrian refugees gathered on Thursday outside a nongovernmental organization in southeastern Turkey after a rumor circulated claiming that Syrian refugees...

Former HDP deputy subject of investigation over tweet praising PKK

The Van Public Prosecutor’s Office in eastern Turkey has launched an investigation into former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Nadir Yıldırım on accusations of...

Interior minister says more than 500,000 detained, 30,000 arrested over Gülen links

Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced on Wednesday night that more than 500,000 people have been detained while 30,000 others were sent to jail...

HDP deputy bites police officer’s arm at protest rally

Salihe Aydeniz, a deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), bit a female police officer’s arm on Wednesday during a protest in the eastern...

Sergeant detained for making call from pay phone to find his cell phone

A sergeant who made a call years ago from a pay phone to find his lost cell phone was detained over links to the...

‘Off-mic’ chat with Erdoğan exposes money troubles in major İstanbul construction project

The head of Turkey’s state-run housing authority, TOKİ, inadvertently revealed serious financial problems regarding a headline Istanbul construction project during what was supposed to...

Turkey detains journalists, politicians in large-scale operation against HDP

Turkish police on Wednesday carried out raids and took into custody scores of people including journalists working for Kurdish media outlets and members of...

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