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5 pro-Kurdish HDP advisors detained in Turkey, denied access to legal counsel

  Turkish police have detained five advisors of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the party said in a statement on Friday. Underlining that the...

Justice minister rejects NTV claim that Gülen followers planning prison break

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has rejected claims by a pro-government news channel that jailed members of the faith-based Gülen movement, which the government...

6-months pregnant woman with 13-month-old child held in overcrowded cell

Buket Büyükçelebi, a six-months-pregnant academic with a 13-month-old child has been kept in a 33-person holding cell in a Gaziantep prison for three months,...

CHP expels 3,896 members who did not vote for party in Nov. 1 elections

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has expelled 3,896 of its members after discovering that they did not vote for the CHP in...

AKP deputy chairman: Main opposition leader deserves to be tried

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Yasin Aktay said on Friday that main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu deserves...

Trustee appointed to Varto district after mayor’s arrest

The Ministry of Interior Affairs on Friday appointed a trustee to the Varto Municipality in eastern Muş province to replace the elected mayor, who...

Turkish government removes ban on headscarves, beards among TSK civil servants

Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has abolished a ban preventing female civil servants from wearing headscarves and male civil servants from growing...

Arrested UN judge denies Gülen links, says he is Freemason  

Turkish judge Aydın Sefa Akay, who is serving on the UN war crimes panel and was arrested in September as part of a government...

Erdoğan says Turkey going through its freest, most peaceful and enjoyable period ever

At a time when Turkey is going through one of its most turbulent periods, with the arrest of thousands of people and an ongoing...

Cumhuriyet CEO Atalay detained at İstanbul airport

The Cumhuriyet daily’s chief executive officer, Akın Atalay, was detained at İstanbul Atatürk Airport on Friday upon his arrival from Germany based on a...

Turkish district governor dies after PKK bomb attack

Former Derik District Governor Muhammed Fatih Safitürk, who was appointed as a trustee to the Derik Municipality in Mardin in September, died in a hospital...

The Economist: Turkey’s more relevant models are Kazakhstan, Russia

The London-based Economist weekly news magazine described the executive presidential model that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants to switch to as more similar...

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