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Anadolu Kültür Foundation denies having organized Gezi protests

The Anadolu Kültür Foundation, whose chairman Osman Kavala has been held in pretrial detention for over a year, has denied allegations that it was...

Diyarbakır Bar Association investigated for insult to Turkishness

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the previous administration of the Diyarbakır Bar Association over Article 301 of the...

62 alleged ISIL members detained in Turkey

Turkish police detained 62 people over alleged links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Diken news website reported on...

Fox TV anchor subject of investigation after Erdoğan targeted him

A public prosecutor in İstanbul has launched an investigation into Fox TV News anchor Fatih Portakal for allegedly encouraging people openly to commit a...

AKP deputy attracts criticism due to controversial photo in Parliament

Kenan Sofuoğlu, a deputy from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) who is also a former professional motorcycle racer, has attracted widespread criticism...

15 military officers using pay phones arrested over alleged Gülen links

Nine active-duty and six former military officers who were detained along with five others last week as part of an operation against alleged followers...

Zaman journalist Kabakçı released on judicial probation 20 months after incarceration

Journalist Şirin Kabakçı, who used to be Konya bureau chief for the Zaman daily, Turkey’s highest circulating newspaper before its takeover and closure by...

Erdoğan claims Turkey is one of only a few countries with a full-fledged democracy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a speech on Thursday that Turkey is one of the few countries in the world that implements...

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board reinstates requirement for official seals on ballots

Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has re-introduced a requirement that ballots stamped with an official seal in order to be considered valid, according to...

Families still seek justice 7 years after Uludere tragedy

Although seven years have passed since the killing of 34 people near the Uludere district of Şırnak province in southeastern Turkey in a bombardment...

TurkStat: More than 13 million people in Turkey receive social aid

A total of 13,260,000 people in Turkey are dependent on social aid to survive, according to data released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat). In...

Court rules to keep pro-Kurdish deputy Güven in jail

A high criminal court in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır has ruled to keep pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Leyla Güven in...

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