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PKK kills 2 soldiers as Turkey hits Qandil Mountains

Kurdish militants fired on military vehicles in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, killing two soldiers and wounding another, in the latest of a series of...

Preliminary autopsy of DBP official in Suruç shows 7 knife wounds to vital organs

The cause of death of Esvet Şenyaşar, an official of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) who was murdered last week in a Şanlıurfa province...

Turkish forces will not enter Manbij, says US-led coalition spokesperson

Turkish soldiers "will not" enter the northern Syrian city of Manbij, which is currently under the control of the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat...

Expatriate Turk detained for voting twice in Turkey’s general election

A Turkish citizen has been detained for voting both in Belgium and in Turkey, the Hürriyet Daily News reported. The woman, who resides in Belgium,...

Courage in Journalism Award given to Kurdish journalist Zehra Doğan

The Washington-based International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) gave one of this year’s Courage in Journalism Awards to Kurdish journalist and painter Zehra Doğan, who...

Erdoğan pledges to fight high interest rates if re-elected

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged to fight high interest rates in Turkey if he is re-elected in snap elections on June 24, the...

203,518 Gülen movement followers investigated thus far, Justice Ministry says

Turkish prosecutors have investigated 203,518 followers of the Gülen movement in the past five years, Justice Ministry data released on Monday indicated. According to the...

Turkish reporter tells court his only crime was doing journalism

Jailed Turkish journalist Şirin Kabakçı, who used to be Konya bureau chief for the Zaman daily, Turkey’s highest circulating newspaper before its takeover and...

Journalist sent to prison after employer fails to pay fine for offensive column

Turkish journalist Hakan Gülseven was arrested on Tuesday in Balıkesir province after the media outlet he was working for, the Yurt daily, failed to...

Turkish court again rejects Greek soldiers’ request for release

A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled that two Greek soldiers charged with espionage and illegally entering the country would remain in jail, the Hürriyet...

AKP ally Bahçeli hints at fresh elections if they lose majority

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said a new election will be considered if the alliance between his party and the ruling...

Enes Kanter’s father indicted by prosecutor seeking 5 to 10 years’ jail time

The Tekirdağ 2nd High Criminal Court has accepted an indictment seeking 5 to 10 years in prison on charges of membership in a terrorist...

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