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Jailed Demirtaş says punishment of HDP deputies part of vendetta

The imprisoned co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, said in testimony in court on Thursday that 10 deputies from his...

[UPDATE] Doğan Holding representative arrested for alleged links to Gülen movement

Barbaros Muratoğlu, the Ankara representative of Doğan Holding, which owns CNNTürk and the Hürriyet daily, who was detained on Dec.1 over alleged links to...

Erdoğan ranks 56th in Forbes 2016 list of most powerful people

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in 56th place in Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s most powerful people, while the Russian president...

Coup commission chair prevents vote on motion to hear MİT head, army chief

Reşat Petek, chairman of the parliamentary Coup Commission, which was set up to investigate a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, has...

İstanbul suicide bomber had dinner at fast food restaurant before attack

One of two terrorists who perpetrated twin terror attacks outside a football stadium in İstanbul on Saturday had dinner at a McDonald's restaurant in...

School principal detained on charges of sexual abuse of 9 students

A high school principal in the Black Sea province of Bolu has been detained on suspicion of sexually harassing nine female high school students. The...

ECtHR to examine complaints against Turkey’s curfew measures

Complaints against curfews imposed by authorities in Turkey's Southeast are now under examination at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), according to humanrightseurope.org. A...

7 academics at Yıldız Teknik University arrested over Gülen links

Seven academics, five of whom are professors at the İstanbul-based Yıldız Teknik University, have been arrested on charges of alleged links to the faith-based...

19 at Undersecretariat of Treasury face detention over Gülen links

Prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 19 people at the Turkish Prime Ministry's Undersecretariat of the Treasury as part of an investigation into alleged...

HRW report: Turkey’s silencing of media, assaults on press freedom shield state from scrutiny

A report by US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) released on Thursday said that Turkey’s government has all but silenced independent media in...

4 social media users jailed for praising twin bomb blasts in İstanbul

A Turkish court has arrested four people over tweets praising twin bomb attacks on Turkish police officers outside a football stadium in İstanbul on...

Syrian columnist Mahalli taken to emergency ward from detention

Critical Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli, who was detained on Tuesday night after pro-government media targeted him for his stance on the Syrian war, was...

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