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Turkish court keeps journalist Fatih Altaylı in jail

A Turkish court on Thursday ordered veteran journalist Fatih Altaylı to remain in jail more than 100 days after his arrest on charges of...

Turkey detains lawyer, private detective in alleged Mossad espionage probe

Turkey on Friday detained a lawyer and a private detective accused of supplying information to operatives working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run...

Turkish authorities detain 91 more people over alleged Gülen links: minister

Turkish authorities have detained 91 people and arrested 64 of them in an ongoing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...

Turkish singer Mabel Matiz faces up to 3 years in prison over ‘obscene’ song lyrics

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking a prison sentence of up to three years for pop singer and songwriter Mabel Matiz on charges...

Turkish court orders rearrest of celebrity manager a day after release

Less than 48 hours after her release, an İstanbul court ordered the rearrest of Ayşe Barım, a well-known manager of Turkish television stars, the Stockholm...

Pro-Kurdish party urges Turkish gov’t to free former leaders Demirtaş, Yüksekdağ after CoE ruling

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has called on the government to immediately release prominent Kurdish politicians Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen...

Turkey’s inflation rises in September for first time in 16 months

Turkey’s official annual inflation rate climbed in September for the first time in more than a year, official figures showed Friday, undercutting government pledges...

Magnitude 5 earthquake jolts Turkey’s Marmara coast, no major damage reported

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck the Marmara Sea off the coast of Tekirdağ province in northwestern Turkey on Thursday, shaking İstanbul and surrounding cities...

Survey: Turks back NATO and EU ties but split on global alliances

A new nationwide survey shows most people in Turkey support NATO membership and the continuation of the country’s long-stalled bid to join the European...

‘Defect or be jailed’: opposition mayors face new threat in Turkey

Turkish opposition leaders say the government has found a new way to silence dissent: pressuring its mayors and local officials to defect to the...

Turkey arrests son of former media boss in money-laundering probe

A Turkish court has ordered the arrest of businessman Atilla Ciner, the son of former media boss and businessman Turgay Ciner, and Ciner Glass...

Turkish journalist Karabay acquitted of some charges but will remain in prison

A Turkish court on Thursday acquitted journalist Furkan Karabay of spreading disinformation and targeting public officials involved in counterterrorism efforts but convicted him of...

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