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Iğdır University rector detained over alleged Gülen links

Iğdır University Rector Professor İbrahim Hakkı Yılmaz was detained on Sunday evening as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement. Turkey survived a...

Detained Cumhuriyet journalists barred from seeing lawyers for 5 days

Journalists detained as part of an operation against the Cumhuriyet daily will not be able to see their lawyers for five days, according to...

[UPDATE] Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief, columnist detained, detention warrant issued for Can Dündar

Turkey's secularist Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu and columnist Güray Öz were detained after police raided their residences early on Monday. A detention warrant was...

AKP gov’t decrees contravene constitution, int’l law, legal experts say

Two government decrees issued by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government on Saturday contravene Turkey's constitution and violate international law and agreements to...

Turkish PM says Turkey will be divided if presidential system not adopted

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Sunday that there is a need to switch to presidential system in Turkey and there is a...

9 including HDP provincial co-chair arrested in Hakkari

Nine people including pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Hakkari provincial  co-chairperson Metin Besi were arrested on Saturday, the Diken news portal reported. Turkish police on...

AKP official says proposal on executive presidency may be in Parliament in 10 days

Mustafa Şentop, head of the parliamentary Constitution Commission and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy, has said the government might bring constitutional...

Latest decrees include controversial measures violating int’l law, agreements

Two government decrees that were issued by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government on Saturday have attracted widespread criticism for including measures that...

Putschist general denies offering to put army chief in touch with Gülen by phone

Brig. Gen. Hakan Evrim, one of the military members who took part in an abortive coup on July 15, has denied claims by Turkey's...

[UPDATE] Diyarbakır Co-mayors Kışanak and Anlı, former deputy Ata arrested

Diyarbakır Co-mayors Gülten Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, and former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) deputy Ayla Akat Ata, who was detained on terrorism charges...

Gov’t accused of eliminating all dissidents under pretext of anti-Gülen fight

The fact that hundreds of members of a left-wing trade union are among individuals purged from state institutions by the latest government decrees has...

Judges association says emergency rule paved way for authoritarian regime in Turkey

The Dutch association Judges for Judges has said emergency rule, which was declared in Turkey following a failed military coup attempt on July 15,...

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