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42 detained in Elazığ-based operation due to alleged Gülen links

Turkish police teams on Thursday detained 42 out of 53 people for whom detention warrants were issued as part of an out of Elazığ...

Turkey bans access to critical Ahval news website

The Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) on Wednesday imposed an access ban on the critical news website ahvalnews.com as the Turkish government’s crackdown on the...

Interior Ministry: 106,740 guns reported missing in 2017

A total of 106,740 guns were reported to be missing or stolen in 2017, according to a report from the Interior Ministry, raising concerns...

HDP deputy sentenced to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges

A Turkish court in Gaziantep province has sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Selma Irmak to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges. The...

Jailed journalist Altan sentenced to additional 6 years on terror-related charges

An İstanbul court on Wednesday sentenced prominent Turkish novelist and editor-in-chief of the now-closed Taraf newspaper Ahmet Altan, who was sentenced by another court to...

Turkish journalist gets 9 years based on anonymous letter alleging terrorism

Vahit Yazgan, the former bureau chief of the shuttered Zaman daily in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, was sentenced to eight years, nine months...

İYİ Party leader receptive to proposal for ‘alliance of principles’ in elections

Leader of the newly founded İYİ Party Meral Akşener has given a green light to a proposal for an “alliance of principles” with the...

HDP deputies to avoid Turkish Parliament sessions for 2 days

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Wednesday announced that its deputies would not participate in sessions of the Turkish Parliament for the next...

Turkish state-run TV bans broadcasting of 208 songs

The state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has banned the broadcasting of a total of 208 songs, 142 Turkish and 66 Kurdish, on...

Court refuses to release Zaman journalist Ünal after 18 months in jail

A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and a former columnist for...

Bank Asya managers face up to 22.5 years jail on terror charges

The former general manager and administrators of the now-closed Islamic lender Bank Asya have been indicted on terror charges and face jail sentences of...

UN official concerned about use of ‘brutal interrogation techniques’ in Turkey

A top UN official has expressed unease over increased allegations of torture and ill treatment in police custody in Turkey, voicing his suspicions about...

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