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Germany launches probe into DİTİB’s spying activities on Gülen followers

In the wake of a recent admission by the German-based Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) which said some of its imams acted as...

Recruitment duties for retired officers fuel debate over Erdoğan’s ‘secret army’

Regulations that task retired officers and noncommissioned officers with recruiting cadets and military personnel went into effect on Saturday amid debates that this is...

Erdoğan’s spokesman: Westerners never forgave Turks for conquest of Istanbul

İbrahim Kalın, the spokesperson for Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said that Westerners have never forgiven the Turks for the conquest of İstanbul, the...

Governor’s office: Perpetrator of Adana attack identified, fled to Syria

The Adana Governor's Office has announced that an individual who carried out a car bomb attack in the province on Nov.24 has been identified...

Gov’t removes evolution theory from new school curriculum

Turkey's Education Ministry has removed a chapter on the theory of evolution from a textbook for 12th graders, according to a newly announced curriculum...

Man who killed uncle says he was leader of ‘FETÖ’

A 36-year-old man, Ramazan Kabaağaç, who killed his 69-year-old uncle, Ahmet Kahya, in a public market in Antalya last year, has said in his...

Investigation launched into 18 villagers upon complaint from muhtar

An investigation has been launched into 18 residents of a village in Mersin's Mezitli district after the muhtar, or neighborhood head, filed criminal complaints...

Arrested professor Gözaydın denies secret witness testimony about her appointment

Prominent professor and social scientist İştar Gözaydın, who was arrested on charges of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in late December, has...

Judges who ruled for acquittal of Dutch journalist punished, others promoted  

Prosecutors who launched an investigation into former Diyarbakır-based Dutch journalist Frederike Geerdink and one judge who voted against her acquittal in a trial in...

[VIDEO] Armenian deputy banned from Turkish Parliament for 3 sessions for calling 1915 ‘genocide’

Garo Paylan, a deputy of Armenian origin from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has been banned from parliamentary sessions for three days for...

[VIDEO] Footage shows police ordering Kurdish kids to bare midriffs in security check

A video widely shared on Twitter on Friday night shows police patrolling the streets of Diyarbakır's Sur district forcing schoolchildren and their parents to...

Trustees appointed to 2 more companies in Sakarya in post-coup crackdown

Trustees were appointed on Thursday to two companies in Sakarya province due to their alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses...

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