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New gov’t decree paves way for sale of companies seized by state from critics

A new government decree issued on Thursday makes possible the sale of companies seized by the state as part of an ongoing witch hunt...

New gov’t decree authorizes RTÜK to transfer licenses of shuttered media outlets

According to a government decree issued on Thursday, Turkey's media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), will be able to transfer the broadcasting...

Famous Turkish comedian protests purge of academics

Cem Yılmaz, one of Turkey’s most celebrated comedians, reacted adversely to an ongoing purge in the country that most recently dismissed 330 academics from...

YÖK says lists of to-be-purged academics determined by universities

Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK) has said the names of academics who are purged from universities through controversial government decrees are determined by the...

13 high-ranking officers arrested over Gülen links in Mardin-based operation

Thirteen out of 20 high-ranking military officers who were recently detained as part of a Mardin-based operation across 12 provinces were arrested on Wednesday...

Erdoğan says 18-year-old deputies will be exempted from military service

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suggested that when a constitutional amendment allowing individuals as young as 18 years of age to be elected to...

HDP deputy Zana released on judicial probation after brief detention

As a crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) continues, HDP Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana was released after...

[UPDATE] 4 soldiers killed, 13 injured in ISIL attack in Syria’s al-Bab

Four Turkish soldiers were killed and 13 others were injured in an attack perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists in...

Investigation launched into imam endorsing ‘yes’ vote in referendum  

Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate has launched an investigation into an imam in İstanbul who recently called on mosque attendees to vote "yes" in a...

Half of 330 academics purged by latest gov’t decree signed peace declaration

One hundred fifteen out of 330 academics who were dismissed from their jobs by a government decree issued on Tuesday are signatories of a...

3,126 years in prison, 18 life sentences in total sought for 55 pro-Kurdish HDP deputies

Turkish authorities are seeking prison sentences of up to 3,126 years in total and 18 life sentences for 55 deputies of the pro-Kurdish Peoples'...

12-year-old dies of cancer after denied departure from Turkey for treatment

A 12-year-old child has died of brain cancer several months after Turkish border agents seized his and his parents’ passports at İstanbul Atatürk Airport,...

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