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Former intelligence chief claims Gülen supporters buried $2 bln, visible from space

İsmail Hakkı Pekin, a former intelligence chief of the Turkish General Staff, claimed on a TV show over the weekend that supporters of the...

Erdoğan: We will not leave Syrian Kurds to face PYD oppression

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed on Sunday to protect Syrian Kurds, saying that Turkey will not leave them alone in the face of...

2 actors targeted by Erdoğan released on probation, travel ban after appearing in court

A court in Istanbul on Monday released two prominent actors, Metin Akpınar and Müjdat Gezen, on probation including an overseas travel ban after their...

450 people detained in Turkey over Gülen links in past week

Turkish police detained 450 people between Dec. 17 and Dec. 24 as part of a post-coup crackdown on followers of the Gülen movement, according...

Turkey denies involvement in arms shipment to Libya

The Turkish foreign minister has denied Ankara’s involvement in a shipment of arms sent from Turkey to a port near Tripoli last week, after...

Kurdish man killed in alleged hate crime in Sakarya

A Kurdish man died and his son was injured in an allegedly racist attack in the western province of Sakarya last week, according to...

Prosecutor launches investigation into veteran actors hours after Erdoğan targets them

A senior prosecutor in İstanbul on Sunday initiated an investigation into veteran Turkish actors Metin Akpinar and Müjdat Gezen for alleged insult and...

Gov’t extends tenure of Supreme Election Board members for a year

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has extended the tenure of the chairman and six members of the Supreme Election Board (YSK) for...

Teenager who stole 6 packages of fruit juice arrested in Samsun province

A 18-year-old man who stole six packages of fruit juice from a kiosk in the Black Sea province of Samsun has been arrested, the...

Governor bans events commemorating 1978 Maraş massacre

The governor of Turkey’s eastern province of Kahramanmaraş has announced a ban on any commemorative events for the victims of a massacre that took...

Intellectuals launch petition to support poet harassed at university event

A large number of intellectuals, writers and poets have initiated a signature campaign in support of poet Ahmet Telli, who was verbally attacked by...

59 people sought by Turkish prosecutors over Gülen links, 30 detained

Turkish prosecutors on Friday sought 59 people, including military personnel, and have detained 30 of them thus far as part of a post-coup crackdown...

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