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[UPDATE] University who rector says obeying Erdoğan is religious obligation resigns

The rector of a university in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, who has said it is fard, the Islamic term for a religious...

AKP rejects motion to investigate death of 2 soldiers due to hypothermia

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has rejected a parliamentary motion that sought to shed light on the death of two soldiers due...

Turkish court rules to continue pretrial detention of journalist Gündem

A Turkish court ruled on Tuesday for a continuation of the pretrial detention of veteran Turkish journalist Mehmet Gündem, who was arrested on Nov....

Memorial to victims of Ankara terrorist attack vandalized, painted gray by city

The October 10 Memorial, which was erected in commemoration of the 103 victims of a 2015 terrorist attack in Ankara, was painted gray by...

88 detention warrants issued by Turkish prosecutors in one day for Gülen followers

Prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 88 people, including soldiers, police officers and teachers, as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of...

‘Dying of hypothermia is a kind of martyrdom, too’: Turkey’s Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday said the death of two soldiers due to hypothermia in southeastern Tunceli province last week was “a...

Another Turkish journalist indicted over Gülen links

An İstanbul court on Tuesday accepted an indictment demanding seven-and-a-half to 15 years in prison for journalist Alparslan Akkuş, who had worked for the...

ECtHR fines Turkey for failure to balance respect for privacy with press freedom

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday fined Turkey over the failure of local Turkish courts to strike a fair balance between...

Deputy minister under fire for wearing expensive scarf during visit to tragedy site

Turkey’s Deputy Interior Minister Mehmet Ersoy has attracted widespread criticism for wearing an expensive scarf while visiting the scene of a tragedy in the...

70-year-old man jailed over Gülen links begs for justice in letter from prison

Seventy-year-old Alaattin Gökhan, who has been behind bars for 800 days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, desperately calls for justice to...

MHP to announce former Ankara mayor as mayoral candidate in local elections: reports

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is preparing to announce Melih Gökçek, the former mayor of Turkey’s capital who had served in office for 23...

15,153 Turkish military personnel dismissed since failed coup: minister

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, the country’s former chief of general staff, has said a total of 15,153 members of the Turkish Armed Forces...

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