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Cancer patient jailed for alleged Gülen links dies shortly after release from prison

A 42-year-old cancer patient, Deniz Hakan Şen, who was jailed in October 2017 due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, died on...

Cellmate says tortured teacher was hurt more by insults than beatings

An expert in forensic medicine who shared a cell with Gökhan Açıkkollu, a teacher who was tortured to death while under detention in the...

ISIL suspects detained after US Embassy in Turkey closes due to terror threat

Turkish police on Monday thwarted a planned Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on the US Embassy in Ankara, detaining suspects...

Polling company manager: 51 percent of vote not a piece of cake for allied parties

Bekir Ağırdır, the general manager of KONDA, one of Turkey’s leading polling companies, has said even if political parties make election alliances for the...

All Turkish TV shows taken off air by Saudi broadcaster MBC

The Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) has said it received instructions to remove all Turkish programming from all of its channels until further notice,...

Turkey jails teacher to pressure husband into ‘confessing’

The latest victim of the Turkish government's tactic of guilt by association with the purpose of blackmail is Semra Çakır, a 41-year-old teacher, and...

Lawyer of arrested officers detained for Gülen movement propaganda

Lawyer Kemal Uçar, known for his critical statements concerning July 15, 2016 coup attempt cases, has been detained as part of an investigation into...

Prison administration tells Kurdish woman to speak in Turkish

A prison administration in İstanbul asked a female prisoner to speak in Turkish rather than Kurdish on the phone with her mother or be...

Father of soldier slain in Afrin turns out to be KHK victim

The father of Turkish soldier Abdullah Taha Koç, who was killed during an ongoing military operation in the Afrin region of Syria, has turned...

Correspondent decries double standards of int’l press, rights bodies for jailed Turkish journalists

Ahead of the second anniversary of the seizure of the Zaman Media Group by a government led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the...

Emergency rule commission approves 100 job reinstatements out of 6,400

The State of Emergency Procedures Investigation Commission, which was established by a decree-law issued on Jan. 23, 2017, announced that it has finalized a...

[UPDATE] 8 new Turkish fatalities reported in Afrin operation

Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in clashes with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in the Afrin region of Syria, the...

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