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Turkey’s Justice Ministry asks staff to spy on colleagues: leaked document

Turkey’s Justice Ministry has handed out forms to its staff asking if they know any colleague linked to terrorist organizations or the government’s perceived...

[VIDEO] Gunman fires 4 shots at HDP headquarters in Ankara

The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters were attacked by an assailant with a rifle who fired four shots into the building on Thursday...

Handcuffed Kurdish co-mayor refuses medical examination

Prominent Kurdish politician and Co-mayor of Mardin Ahmet Türk, who has been jailed since Nov, 24, reportedly refused to be taken to a hospital...

Unity for Democracy calls on gov’t to end state of emergency

The Unity for Democracy initiative launched a campaign on social media on Thursday night, calling on the government not to extend a state of...

[UPDATE] Critical Syrian-Turkish columnist Mahalli arrested

Syrian-Turkish columnist Hüsnü Mahalli was arrested by an İstanbul court on Thursday on charges of insulting the president on TV and on his social media...

Jailed Demirtaş says punishment of HDP deputies part of vendetta

The imprisoned co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, said in testimony in court on Thursday that 10 deputies from his...

[UPDATE] Doğan Holding representative arrested for alleged links to Gülen movement

Barbaros Muratoğlu, the Ankara representative of Doğan Holding, which owns CNNTürk and the Hürriyet daily, who was detained on Dec.1 over alleged links to...

Erdoğan ranks 56th in Forbes 2016 list of most powerful people

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in 56th place in Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s most powerful people, while the Russian president...

Coup commission chair prevents vote on motion to hear MİT head, army chief

Reşat Petek, chairman of the parliamentary Coup Commission, which was set up to investigate a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, has...

İstanbul suicide bomber had dinner at fast food restaurant before attack

One of two terrorists who perpetrated twin terror attacks outside a football stadium in İstanbul on Saturday had dinner at a McDonald's restaurant in...

School principal detained on charges of sexual abuse of 9 students

A high school principal in the Black Sea province of Bolu has been detained on suspicion of sexually harassing nine female high school students. The...

ECtHR to examine complaints against Turkey’s curfew measures

Complaints against curfews imposed by authorities in Turkey's Southeast are now under examination at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), according to humanrightseurope.org. A...

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