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Russian envoy’s murderer attended sermons of controversial pro-Erdoğan cleric

While the Turkish government insists on claiming that Mert Altıntaş, the police officer who assassinated the Russian ambassador to Ankara, is linked to the...

317 soldiers detained after court issues 530 warrants over Gülen links

A total of 317 soldiers were detained on Saturday in police raids across 58 Turkish provinces after an İstanbul court issued detention warrants for...

Cumhuriyet columnist receives 2 death threats in a week

Aydın Engin, a veteran columnist for the Cumhuriyet daily, has reported that he received two death threats last week in İstanbul. Engin was first threatened...

Turkey’s lowest-ranking local administrators to collect intelligence on people

The Turkish Ministry of Interior Affairs has sent a memorandum to all governors asking them to collect information gathered by the lowest-ranking local administrators,...

10,000 social media users currently under investigation in Turkey

The Ministry of Interior Affairs has announced that 10,000 people are currently under investigation on suspicion of terrorist propaganda and insulting senior state officials...

Father of soldier burned to death by ISIL: Officials have not yet contacted us

Aydın Taş, the father of Sefer Taş, one of two Turkish soldiers who were allegedly burned to death by Islamic State in Iraq and...

Purged academic couple, children detained while fleeing to Greece

An Ankara-based couple who were earlier dismissed from their positions at Gazi University have been detained along with their three children in Edirne while...

Turkish military denies civilian killings by airstrikes on ISIL-held al-Bab

Turkey's General Staff denied the killing of civilians by Turkish airstrikes on the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, held by the Islamic State in...

6 including district director of education arrested over coup involvement

The former Fethiye district director of education and five directorate employees have been arrested in Muğla as part of an investigation targeting the Gülen...

Justice minister: 194,000 inmates in 372 prisons across Turkey

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said in a written statement that as of Oct. 12, 2016, there were 194,973 inmates in 372 Turkish prisons. In...

Turkish minister of defense: 3 soldiers captured by ISIL

As a brutal video was circulating on social media in which the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claims to have burnt...

US Embassy warns citizens in Turkey of possible attacks during holiday season

In a written statement issued on Thursday, the US mission in Turkey warned US citizens against possible attacks by extremist groups throughout the country...

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