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Erdoğan’s advisor Türkoğlu elected as basketball federation president

Hidayet Türkoğlu, a former NBA player and current advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been elected the new president of the Turkish Basketball...

After government’s investigation into its story, Hürriyet blames Gülen movement

Following an investigation launched into the Hürriyet daily due to an interview the newspaper published on Monday with the owner of a smart phone...

EU commissioners express concern over detention of Diyarbakır co-mayors

Two high-level European Commission officials expressed concern on Wednesday over the detention of Diyarbakır’s Kurdish co-mayors, urging the restoration of the rule of law...

Academic targeted by pro-gov’t media reveals litany of lies in stories

In a written statement released both in Turkish and English, UK-based academic Özcan Keleş denied recent allegations about him that appeared in Turkey’s mostly...

HDP deputies blame coup commission head for Kurdish mayor’s detention

Following the detention of Diyarbakır Co-mayor Gülten Kışanak only hours after she testified on Tuesday to Parliament’s Coup Investigation Commission, commission members from the...

30 academics, students from İzmir Dokuz Eylül University detained

As part of a relentless purge carried out by the government following a failed coup on July 15, police have detained 30 academics and...

81 police officers detained over ByLock app use

Despite a recent interview that invalidates the government’s allegations of ByLock mobile phone application use in a failed coup on July 15, Turkey on...

[UPDATE] Police chiefs in 61 provinces reshuffled across Turkey

With a new decree issued by the Ministry of Interior Affairs on Wednesday, the chiefs of police of 61 provinces across Turkey have changed...

Turkish Interior Ministry transfers police chiefs of 59 provinces

  Published in the Official Gazette early on Wednesday, Turkey's Interior Ministry has transferred the police chiefs of 59 provinces to other posts. Details to follow...

Turkish Interior Ministry says arming AKP politicians normal and necessary

Turkey's Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that arming politicians who are targeted by terrorist groups in eastern and southeastern Turkey is...

Unidentified assailants attack house of AKP youth wing chairman in Southeast

The house of the chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) youth wing in Van's Muradiye district was attacked by unidentified assailants using...

Turkey detains co-mayors of largest Kurdish province on terrorism charges

Diyarbakır co-mayors Gülten Kışanak and Fırat Anlı were detained on terrorism charges on Tuesday evening. A leading politician and former deputy, Kışanak has been serving...

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