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Turkey now detains lawyer representing imprisoned HDP co-chair

Sevda Çelik Özbingöl, a lawyer representing Figen Yüksekdağ, the arrested co-chair of Turkey’s third largest political party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has...

3,592 staff members returned to posts at Education Ministry

Turkey's Education Ministry announced on Friday that 3,692 staff members who were recently suspended as part of an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen...

Turkey seizes 691 companies over alleged ties to Gülen movement

The state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has announced that a total of 691 companies have been seized by the government due to alleged...

Dink murder trial judge detained over alleged Gülen links

One of the judges hearing a trial of public officials implicated in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was detained in his chambers...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş says he knew 15 days in advance he would be arrested

Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has said he knew 15 days in advance that he would be arrested but...

1 killed in oil tanker explosion in İstanbul’s Büyükçekmece district

One person was killed and two others were injured when an explosion occurred on an oil tanker in İstanbul's Büyükçekmece district on Friday. Ambulances and...

Prosecutor asks court to drop Mavi Marmara case due to Turkish-Israeli deal

A public prosecutor on Friday asked a high criminal court in İstanbul to dismiss the trial of suspects in connection to an Israeli raid...

Pro-Kurdish district mayor in Şanlıurfa detained

Mustafa Bayram, mayor of the Halfeti district of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), was detained on Friday...

3 soldiers killed, 3 injured in clashes with PKK in Hakkari

Three soldiers were killed and three others were injured during a clash between Turkish security forces and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in the...

Another police officer suspended in post-coup witch hunt commits suicide

A 46-year-old police officer in Hatay province shot himself dead after being targeted in a post-coup witch hunt carried out by the Turkish government. Hasan...

1,213 social media users arrested in Turkey on ‘propaganda’ charges since July 15

A total of 1,213 Twitter and Facebook users have been arrested and 818 others were released pending trial on accusations of disseminating propaganda on...

Parliament commission to investigate student dorms in Turkey after fire

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Thursday that a parliamentary commission would be established in Parliament to investigate a dormitory fire in Adana...

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