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Pro-gov’t columnist claims Afrin operation increased AKP’s vote

Abdülkadir Selvi, a columnist who is known to be close to the Justice and Development Party (AKP), has claimed that a military operation Turkey...

Gov’t spokesperson denies reports of Syrian regime forces’ deployment to Afrin

Bekir Bozdağ, a spokesperson for Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), has denied reports suggesting that Syrian regime forces were heading on Monday to...

Politician jailed after bus passenger reports WhatsApp messages to police

A female politician on a bus in İstanbul was first detained by police and then jailed by a court after another rider saw and...

786 people detained to date over critical stance on Afrin offensive

Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday announced that 786 people have been detained on terror charges due to their protests or posts on social media...

German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel released by İstanbul court

Deniz Yücel, a German Turkish journalist whose detention had been a source of tension between Ankara and Berlin, was released on Friday by an...

HDP deputy to be stripped of parliamentary status for insulting Erdoğan

Ahmet Yıldırım, deputy from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), will be stripped of his parliamentary status after his conviction on charges of insulting...

6 journalists including Altan brothers given aggravated life sentences

A Turkish court on Friday handed down aggravated life sentences to three prominent journalists and three other defendants on charges of attempting to destroy...

Education Ministry cancels licenses of 1,272 educators over Gülen links

The Turkish Ministry of Education has canceled the teaching licenses of an additional 1,272 people who work for private education companies on suspicion of...

Gülen calls on int’l community to pressure Turkey over rights violations

Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has made a call to the international community, asking them to warn Turkish authorities to take the necessary measures to...

7 more Turkish soldiers injured in Operation Olive Branch

On the 27th day of a military operation launched by Turkey in northern Syria, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announced on Thursday that seven...

Police detain 6 members of Boydak family due to Bank Asya account

Turkish police teams on Thursday detained six members of the Boydak family, prominent industrialists from the Central Anatolian city of Kayseri, on the grounds...

Altans’ lawyer tells judges ignoring top court’s ruling could lead to expulsion from post

Ergin Cinmen, a lawyer representing prominent journalists Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, has told judges hearing the trial of his clients to comply with...

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