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[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...

Fired academic detained for 15th time after protest

  A Turkish academic who was dismissed from her position as part of a government purge following a failed coup on July 15 was detained...

Turkey’s arrested journalists ask for indictment, trial without detention

A number of Turkish journalists, most of whom were jailed in the wake of a failed coup attempt on July 15, have asked for...

Turkey loses 5 soldiers during clashes in Syria in two days  

One Turkish soldier was killed and five others were injured in clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in northern...

Erdoğan threatens to open border gates for refugees after EP vote

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has threatened to the open border gates to Europe for millions of Syrian refugees as he lambasted the European...

PM Yıldırım holds Gülen movement responsible for weakening Turkish economy

At a time when the Turkish government has been waging an all-out war on the faith-based Gülen movement, the country's prime minister, Binali Yıldırım,...

Turkish airstrikes kill at least 9 PKK terrorists in SE Turkey

At least nine militants from the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed by Turkish airstrikes in the southeastern Turkish provinces of Şırnak and...

Turkey’s economy minister: I want no more states of emergency

Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi said on Thursday that he does not want another extension of a state of emergency that was declared following...

Turkish PM threatens EU: Cutting off talks would bring ‘flood’ of migrants to Europe

In the wake of a European Parliament vote to freeze accession talks with Turkey, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Thursday threatened Europe, saying that...

UN torture rapporteur Melzer to visit Turkish prisons next week

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer will be in Turkey from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 at the invitation of the Turkish government where...

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