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BBC Turkish reporter detained in Turkey

Hatice Kamer, a reporter working for the BBC Turkish service, was detained in Turkey’s Siirt province on Saturday at a police checkpoint while on...

Erdoğan to journalist Dündar: Could you flee a country ruled by a dictator?

Targeting the exiled former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet daily, Can Dündar, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called him a "terrorist" on Saturday while criticizing...

Erdoğan to European Union: State of emergency might be extended

During a rant against the European Union on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey might extend a state of emergency that has drawn...

Erdoğan on reinstating death penalty: I don’t make decisions based on what foreigners say

In a series of speeches slamming the European Union for its criticism of Turkey over violation of human rights and media freedoms and the...

Prime minister says EP humiliated itself with vote on Turkey

Joining the ranks of many senior-level Turkish politicians who slammed the European Parliament’s vote to freeze EU accession talks with Turkey, Prime Minister Binali...

Talk show host who mocked Erdoğan’s favorite soap opera fired

Talk show host Okan Bayülgen, who during an awards ceremony mocked a soap opera that was one of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's favorites, has...

3 more Kurdish mayors arrested on terror charges

Five local politicians from Turkey’s eastern province of Bitlis were arrested on terrorism charges on Friday. Among the arrestees are Bitlis Co-mayors Hüseyin Olan and...

Decree reinstates 6,007 teachers purged following coup attempt

A total of 6,007 teachers who were fired from their jobs in state schools following a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15...

Turkish deputy PM praises EU amid tensions over suspending accession talks

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said on Friday that the European Union is not collapsing and that on the contrary, it is a...

[UPDATE] Governor’s office says Turkish jets might have caused Gaziantep ‘blast’

A strong blast that rocked the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep late on Friday might have been caused by a sonic boom as Turkish...

Father of former football star released from prison due to health problems

The father of former Turkish football legend and former ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Hakan Şükür, Selmet Şükür, who was arrested on...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s secret army is a threat to NATO

By Abdullah Bozkurt The repressive regime of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been secretly building a paramilitary force with the help of retired Islamist...

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