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[UPDATE] Body of 6th miner retrieved from collapsed copper mine in Siirt

Search and rescue teams on Sunday retrieved the body of a sixth miner from a copper mine that collapsed in the province of Siirt...

[VIDEO] Turkish pop star Aleyna Tilki concert bombed with homemade explosives

Turkish pop star Aleyna Tilki’s concert in Diyarbakır’s Kayapınar district was 'bombed with handmade explosives' late on Saturday, Turkish media outlets reported. A video footage...

‘Erdoğan is hope of Mexican drug baron victims, too’

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth leader has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the hope of children oppressed by drug barons in...

CHP leader slams controversial bill concerning rapists marrying child victims

Leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has harshly criticized a government-sponsored bill seeking to free more than 4,000 inmates...

Teacher arrested over Gülen links found hanged in Karabük prison

A middle school teacher who was expelled from his job and subsequently arrested over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement was found hanged...

Erdoğan says disillusioned with US policy during Obama’s term in office

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a TV interview that he has become disillusioned with US policy during the administration of outgoing US...

Court arrests 20 DBP members including Mardin provincial co-chair

Twenty out of 31 Democratic Regions Party (DBP) members in the southeastern province of Mardin who had been detained last week were arrested on...

36 Finance Ministry employees detained in anti-Gülen operation

Turkish police on Saturday detained 36 people working at the country's Finance Ministry after prosecutors issued detention warrants for 60 ministry employees over their...

[UPDATE] Turkey releases 2 Swedish journalists detained in Diyarbakır province

Two Swedish journalists who were detained on Saturday have been released following their interrogation by police, according to DHA. The pair, identified only by their...

Dink’s murderer tells court he won’t testify unless transferred to better prison

Ogün Samast, the convicted murderer of Turkish-Armenian journalist and Agos weekly’s Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink, said in a petition to a prosecutor that he will...

20 arrested, 11 released in Elazığ operation over links to Gülen movement

A Turkish court on Friday arrested 20 people, including pharmacists and medical staff, in Elazığ, and released 11 others as part of an Elazığ-based...

[VIDEO] Justice minister defends disputed bill, saying would release early marriage offenders, not rapists

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Friday that a bill brought to Parliament late Thursday night by ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

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