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Turkey declares curfews in 6 villages of SE Silvan district

Turkish authorities on Tuesday declared a curfew in six villages of the Silvan district in southeastern Diyarbakır province. According to a statement from the Silvan...

Prosecutor admits despite lack of involvement, people investigated on coup charges

An Aydın prosecutor said that investigations into a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15 helped them pursue previous, unrelated investigations, in an...

ISIL claims 2 Turkish soldiers taken captive in Syria

A news agency that is linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) said on Tuesday that ISIL forces took two...

Prime minister: Government to finalize constitutional amendment

Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Tuesday that his party is finalizing a constitutional amendment that would introduce an executive presidency, long a...

PKK offshoot TAK claims responsibility for attack in Adana

The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK), an offshoot of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack in...

Prosecutor asks for aggravated life sentence for leading HDP politician

A prosecutor in eastern Bingöl province on Tuesday demanded an aggravated life sentence and 15 years on a separate charge for leading Peoples’ Democratic...

Turkish businessman arrested over Gülen links dies of heart attack in jail

One of the owners of Uğur Cooling, Ünal Takmaklı, 77, who was jailed on July 28 as part of an ongoing crackdown on followers...

Health Minister Akdağ calls birth control ‘primitive’ in response to inquiry

Turkey's Health Minister Recep Akdağ has said his ministry does not conduct any work on birth control, which he described as a "primitive" method,...

Jailed Diyarbakır Co-mayor Kışanak faces 230-year prison sentence

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is seeking 230 years in prison for Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak, who was removed from her post and...

Erdoğan says Turkey entered Syria to end Assad’s rule

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that an operation Turkey launched in Syria in August with the help of Syrian rebels was...

[UPDATE] Panic in Silivri Prison as inmate sets himself on fire

At a time when reports are circulating about government plans to stage riots in Turkey’s prisons to eliminate political prisoners, panic broke out over...

MHP leader says party fully supports extension of emergency rule

Leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli has said his party fully backs the extension of emergency rule, which went into effect...

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