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Judges, prosecutors to get salary increase through gov’t decree

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which has carried out a massive purge in the Turkish judiciary in the aftermath of a failed...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Bilgen released on judicial probation  

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and the party's spokesperson Ayhan Bilgen, who was detained at Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Sunday morning, was released...

18 provincial bar association presidents say ‘no’ to constitutional package

The heads of bar associations from 18 provinces including İstanbul, İzmir and Ankara strongly criticized a constitutional amendment package that aims to expand the...

HDP deputy Altan Tan released in Diyarbakır

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Altan Tan, who was detained in Diyarbakır, released by a Diyarbakır court on Saturday. The prominent Kurdish politician announced his...

Former minister Bağış: Journalist in leaked conversation could have Gülen links

Turkey’s former minister of European Affairs, Egemen Bağış, claimed that the other party of a phone conversation in which Bağış mocked the Quran, journalist Metehan...

Reina gunman received order from ISIL head in Syria over Telegram

Abdulkadir Masharipov, the prime suspect in a Jan. 1 massacre at the Reina nightclub in İstanbul who is currently under interrogation, has said he...

Emails of Russian envoy’s assassin deleted after murder

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has discovered that emails belonging to the assassin of Russia's ambassador to Turkey were deleted two-and-a-half hours after...

Deputy: CHP member shot during referendum campaign

M.D., a member of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) youth branch was shot on Thursday night in İstanbul while campaigning against a constitutional package...

6 ISIL suspects detained in İstanbul

Turkish police detained six suspects in İstanbul as part of an operation targeting an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) cell which...

Reina nightclub partner says no state official called to offer support

One of the partners of İstanbul’s Reina nightclub has said that no government official ever called them to show support after an attack on...

PEN group not allowed to show support for jailed authors in front of Silivri Prison

A large group of PEN international members was stopped on their way to Silivri Prison on Thursday where they wanted to deliver a message...

Turkish mafia leader threatens opponents of referendum

A Turkish gang leader, Sedat Peker, has declared his support for the transition to an executive presidency in Turkey while threatening those who are...

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