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Turkish Air Force recruiting pilots who previously failed competency tests

After a massive purge within the military, the Turkish Air Force has been recruiting pilot candidates who were unable to pass competency tests in...

Persistent academic protester among 649 recently purged

Academic Nuriye Gülmen, who was detained dozens of times for protesting dismissal from her university position, has been purged from the civil service along...

[UPDATE] New decrees dismiss 8,390 more people in Turkey

With three new decrees that Turkey issued on Friday night, enabled by state of emergency powers, 8,390 people were purged from public service and...

Turkey to cancel licenses of media outlets disobeying gag orders

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) will be able cancel licenses of Turkish media outlets as part of new decrees issued on Friday...

CHP deputy claims fraudulent voting by ruling AKP deputies in Parliament

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) parliamentary group deputy chairman Levent Gök has said ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies cast votes on...

Turkey to revoke citizenship of critics abroad with latest decrees

The Turkish government will be able to revoke the citizenship of critics who fled abroad under state of emergency decrees issued on Friday night. The...

Erdoğan says Turkey will grant citizenship to some Iraqi, Syrian refugees

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey would grant citizenship to some of the millions of Syrian and Iraqi refugees currently living in Turkey, while...

Police, military, academics among thousands purged by latest gov’t decree

With three new decrees that Turkey issued on Friday night enabled by state of emergency powers, thousands more people, including engineers, teachers, doctors, academics,...

[VIDEO] Erdoğan cites fabricated video subtitles, argues US general admitted founding ISIL

Following the posting of a video that included subtitles fabricated by a pro-government TV station, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday cited the...

[UPDATE] İstanbul airport partially open after closure due to snowfall

After a brief closure of runways at İstanbul Atatürk Airport, some flights had resumed as of Friday night Turkish time. While a total of 395...

2 soldiers die, 4 wounded in clashes with PKK

Two Turkish soldiers died and four were wounded in an armed clash on Friday with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The skirmishes reportedly took...

Another soldier dies, bringing fatalities to 44 in operations against ISIL

One more Turkish soldier wounded in an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in Syria’s al-Bab region died on Friday, increasing...

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