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Journalist goes on trial for insulting Erdoğan in ‘fascist dictatorship’ column

Thursday saw the start of the trial of Kamil Tekin Sürek, a columnist for the Evrensel daily, on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip...

Interior Minister Soylu bars attendance of CHP officials at martyrs’ funerals

Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Thursday he gave orders to provincial governors to prevent the attendance of Republican People’s Party (CHP) officials...

Abu Hanzala sentenced to 12.5 years for conducting ISIL activities in Turkey

Halis Bayancuk, code-named Abu Hanzala, has been sentenced by a Sakarya court to 12 years, six months in prison on charges of masterminding Islamic...

Erdoğan, Bahçeli agree on conditional termination of state of emergency

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his election ally, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli, have agreed to end an ongoing state of...

17 more teachers sought by prosecutor over Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued on Thursday for 17 teachers as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

Detention warrants issued for 57 military personnel over alleged Gülen links

The Batman Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 57 active duty military personnel as part of an investigation into the...

Journalist Mehmet Altan released pending appeal by regional court

The İstanbul Regional Court of Law’s 2nd Criminal Chamber on Wednesday ordered the release pending appeal of journalist Mehmet Altan after agreeing to consider...

Turkish rights organizations say almost 6,000 people subjected to torture or mistreatment in 2017

Turkey’s human rights organizations have said almost 6,000 people were subjected to torture or mistreatment in the country in 2017, the T24 news website...

HDP’s Buldan: Interior minister threatened me on phone

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan has claimed Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu threatened her, telling her that HDP officials no longer have the...

Nationalists could be rewarded with cabinet posts for AKP support in elections

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan could give his nationalist allies cabinet posts, rewarding their support for his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in parliament and...

Detention warrants issued for 192 military personnel

Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 192 military personnel in operations targeting suspected supporters of the Gülen movement, accused of orchestrating a failed...

MHP: State of emergency should continue for a while longer

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Vice Chairman Mustafa Kalaycı said an ongoing state of emergency should be extended as long as the threat posed by...

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