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[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)...

Court rejects objection to arrest of Cumhuriyet editors

After an operation targeting the opposition Cumhuriyet daily that culminated in the arrest of 10 people including the paper’s CEO and columnists, a court...

[UPDATE] 70 academics detained at Yıldız Teknik University over Gülen links

As many as 70 academics including professors, associate professors and research assistants from the İstanbul-based Yıldız Teknik University were detained following raids on Friday...

Pakistani students protest against gov’t decision to deport Turkish teachers

Pakistani students of the private PakTurk International Schools and Colleges held a demonstration in Karachi on Friday protesting the Pakistani government's ordered deportation of...

PACE delegation to visit Turkey to assess post-coup developments

An ad hoc sub-committee of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), chaired by Mogens Jensen, will...

Former head of pro-gov’t Ensar Foundation in Çorum convicted of sexual abuse

Zekai İşler, a teacher and former president of the Çorum branch of the pro-government Ensar Foundation, has been sentenced to 12 years, six months...

Turkey says in talks with Russia on air defense system

Turkey is in talks with Russia on the potential purchase of S-400 air missile defense systems, Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık said on Friday,...

Some Turkish military at NATO have requested asylum, NATO chief says

Some members of the Turkish military who were posted to NATO have requested asylum, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, saying he will...

[UPDATE] 4 miners dead, 12 missing in copper mine collapse in Siirt province

At least 12 miners were trapped in a copper mine in Turkey’s southeastern province of Siirt late on Thursday after it was reportedly hit...

Minister says alternative conservative Kurdish parties needed in Turkey

Turkey's Food and Agriculture Minister Faruk Çelik has said that Turkey needs alternative conservative, social democrat or even ethnic political parties since the pro-Kurdish...

ECtHR orders Turkey to pay conscientious objector 2,500 euros in compensation

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Turkey guilty in the case of conscientious objector Halil Savda, who was sentenced by a...

Former Özgür Gündem columnist Şaban İba detained in Turkey

Former columnist of the now-closed pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, Şaban İba, was detained by gendarmes in the Edremit district of Balıkesir after a raid...

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