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Another pro-Kurdish reporter arrested in Turkey

A Turkish court ruled for the arrest of a pro-Kurdish Dicle news agency (DİHA) reporter on Friday on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda for...

Main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu says Turkey must hold snap election

After the Turkish Parliament approved a constitutional amendment package on Friday that significantly expands the president’s powers and brings an executive presidential system to...

[BREAKING] Turkish Parliament approves constitutional amendment expanding Erdoğan’s powers

The Turkish Parliament on Friday night approved a constitutional amendment package that will open the way to a switch from a parliamentary system of...

Pro-Erdoğan columnist calls on Europeans to question themselves about ISIL

Pro-Erdoğan columnist Merve Kavakçı has called on Europeans to question their colonial activities as regards the existence of the Islamic State in Iraq and...

AKP and police headquarters attacked in İstanbul

The İstanbul headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and İstanbul police headquarters were attacked with rockets on Friday, the state-run Anadolu...

142 academics, journalists, writers call for release of Ahmet Türk

One hundred forty-two people comprising academics, journalists, writers and lawyers, among them Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, called on the government to immediately release...

86 police officers, court staff detained over Gülen links

Eighty-six police officers and courthouse staff members were detained across several Turkish provinces on Friday due to alleged use of a smart phone application...

51 witnesses to be heard in Dink case

An İstanbul court on Friday ruled to hear 51 more people in the case of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was assassinated in...

5 Turkish soldiers killed in ISIL attack in Syria’s al-Bab region

Five Turkish soldiers were killed and nine others were injured in a car bomb attack perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

Court decides to release jailed journalist Mahalli

An İstanbul court on Friday ruled to release journalist Hüsnü Mahalli, who was arrested on Dec. 15 on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip...

19 including academics detained in Tokat over Gülen ties

Nineteen people including academics from Gaziosmanpaşa University were detained in the central province of Tokat on Friday due to alleged links to the faith-based...

Reina gunman says he has no regrets over deadly attack

Abdulkadir Masharipov, the prime suspect in a Jan. 1 massacre at the Reina nightclub in İstanbul who was arrested in a police operation on...

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