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Prosecutor asks for aggravated life sentence for leading HDP politician

A prosecutor in eastern Bingöl province on Tuesday demanded an aggravated life sentence and 15 years on a separate charge for leading Peoples’ Democratic...

Turkish businessman arrested over Gülen links dies of heart attack in jail

One of the owners of Uğur Cooling, Ünal Takmaklı, 77, who was jailed on July 28 as part of an ongoing crackdown on followers...

Health Minister AkdaÄŸ calls birth control ‘primitive’ in response to inquiry

Turkey's Health Minister Recep AkdaÄŸ has said his ministry does not conduct any work on birth control, which he described as a "primitive" method,...

Jailed Diyarbakır Co-mayor Kışanak faces 230-year prison sentence

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is seeking 230 years in prison for Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak, who was removed from her post and...

ErdoÄŸan says Turkey entered Syria to end Assad’s rule

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan said on Tuesday that an operation Turkey launched in Syria in August with the help of Syrian rebels was...

[UPDATE] Panic in Silivri Prison as inmate sets himself on fire

At a time when reports are circulating about government plans to stage riots in Turkey’s prisons to eliminate political prisoners, panic broke out over...

MHP leader says party fully supports extension of emergency rule

Leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli has said his party fully backs the extension of emergency rule, which went into effect...

Union says 2,504 engineers, architects sacked by gov’t decrees over links to failed coup

The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) stated on Monday that 2,054 engineers and architects in total have been dismissed from...

Turkish court accepts indictment against pro-Kurdish HDP deputies

A court in the western province of İzmir on Monday accepted an indictment against the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), including Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ,...

AKP deputy says constitutional amendment to be proposed within 15 days

Mustafa Åžentop, head of the parliamentary Constitution Commission and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ä°stanbul deputy, said on Monday that the AKP would...

Another mayor, 2 politicians from pro-Kurdish DBP arrested in eastern MuÅŸ province

A court in Turkey’s eastern Muş province on Monday arrested three politicians from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), including Malazgirt District Mayor Halis...

1 village guard killed, 1 wounded in PKK attack in Diyarbakır

The terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Monday night attacked security personnel patrolling the Silvan district of Diyarbakır province, killing one village guard and...

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