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Diyanet official in Holland admits spying for Erdoğan

The head of the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) branch in the Netherlands collected the names of people who sympathize with Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen...

3 pro-Kurdish district mayors detained in Bitlis

Three district mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the eastern province of Bitlis were detained on Wednesday as part of a...

Slain police officer’s wife, mother reject gov’t members’ condolences

The wife and mother of a police officer who was among the victims of twin bomb attacks in İstanbul on Saturday evening have rejected...

US says concerned about large-scale detentions of HDP politicians

US State Department Spokesperson John Kirby said at the regular press briefing on Tuesday the United States is certainly concerned by the large-scale detentions...

Police raid Edirne building Fethullah Gülen resided in 55 years ago

Edirne police, joined by a group of gendarmes, stormed a building in the city where US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen resided in 55 years...

Deputy PM says Turkey to set up tent city for 80,000 refugees fleeing Aleppo

Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Tuesday that Turkey will set up a tent city with a capacity of up to 80,000...

[VIDEO] Turkish interior minister asks citizens to denounce PKK sympathizers

Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Tuesday called on Turkish citizens to inform the authorities about people who are sympathizers of the outlawed Kurdistan...

Police detain Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli in İstanbul

Critical Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli, who has been writing for Turkish newspapers for years, was detained on Tuesday night after pro-government media targeted him...

Another pro-Kurdish HDP deputy, Çağlar Demirel, arrested

Amid a major crackdown against Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), another deputy of the third largest party in Parliament, Çağlar Demirel, was arrested...

35 including 21 academics detained over Gülen links

Thirty-five people including 21 academics were detained on Tuesday as part of a witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement, which the government claims to have...

Man who attacked pregnant woman in park arrested again

A man who was released on Monday after a brief detention for attacking a four months pregnant woman in a park in Manisa’s Turgutlu...

Interior Ministry: 568 detained in 28 provinces in relation to İstanbul bombings

Turkey's Interior Ministry announced in a statement on Wednesday that a total of 568 people were detained across 28 provinces Dec.12-13 as part of...

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