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4 social media users jailed for praising twin bomb blasts in İstanbul

A Turkish court has arrested four people over tweets praising twin bomb attacks on Turkish police officers outside a football stadium in İstanbul on...

Syrian columnist Mahalli taken to emergency ward from detention

Critical Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli, who was detained on Tuesday night after pro-government media targeted him for his stance on the Syrian war, was...

Turkish FM says bomber in İstanbul attack came from Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Wednesday that one of two assailants in twin blasts near an İstanbul soccer stadium last weekend had...

Female client stripped naked, severely beaten by policemen, lawyer claims

An Istanbul-based lawyer told the Etkin News Agency that her female client was forced to strip naked and severely beaten by a group of...

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Önlü detained at Ankara airport

Turkish police on Wednesday detained Alican Önlü, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on charges of links to the outlawed Kurdistan...

CHP: Erdoğan’s call for national mobilization would legitimize PKK

In reaction to a call by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for national mobilization against all terror organizations, Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy group chairman...

Top court refuses to annul article that punishes insulting Erdoğan

Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday declined to abolish Article 299 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), which stipulates punishment for insults to the president,...

Erdoğan declares national mobilization against all terror organizations

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is declaring a national mobilization against all terror organizations in the aftermath of twin bomb attacks in...

Dutch FM to summon Turkish ambassador over Diyanet’s intelligence activities

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will summon the Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands to ask about intelligence gathering activities conducted by mosques operated by...

Diyanet official in Holland admits spying for Erdoğan

The head of the Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) branch in the Netherlands collected the names of people who sympathize with Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen...

3 pro-Kurdish district mayors detained in Bitlis

Three district mayors from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in the eastern province of Bitlis were detained on Wednesday as part of a...

Slain police officer’s wife, mother reject gov’t members’ condolences

The wife and mother of a police officer who was among the victims of twin bomb attacks in İstanbul on Saturday evening have rejected...

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