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MHP leader promises PM Yıldırım support for new constitution

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Thursday promised Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to support the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

Imprisoned Cumhuriyet columnists say all they did was journalism

In messages sent through Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies Şafak Pavey and Sezgin Tanrıkulu, who paid a visit to imprisoned Cumhuriyet columnists and executives...

Turkey commemorates Atatürk on 78th anniversary of death

A majority of Turks attended events on Thursday to commemorate the memory of the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. In the above photo,...

Indictment demands life sentence for Özgür Gündem advisors Alpay, Erdoğan over ‘terrorist propaganda’

  An indictment concerning the now-closed pro-Kurdish daily Özgür Gündem has demanded a sentence of aggravated life in prison for author Aslı Erdoğan and linguist...

Kılıçdaroğlu pays solidarity visit to Cumhuriyet, calls on judges to resist pressure

Leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Thursday paid a visit to the Cumhuriyet daily, nine of whose journalists...

Council of Europe’s Jagland in Ankara amid Turkish crackdown on opposition

At a time when the Turkish government has attracted widespread criticism for its recent crackdown on an opposition party and an opposition newspaper, Council...

[UPDATE] Trustee among 3 injured in explosion near Derik district governor’s house

Three people including a district governor who was appointed as a trustee to the Derik Municipality in September were injured in an explosion near...

28 staff members at İnönü University detained over alleged Gülen links

Twenty-eight staff members from İnönü University in Malatya have been detained as part of ongoing operations against alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement. The...

236 arrested, 352 detained over coup charges in past 48 hours

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves hunted down and taken...

Turkish gov’t seizes money granted for arrested judge’s disabled children

Hacer Çakmak, the mother of three children, two of them disabled, and the wife of a Turkish judge who is currently under arrest, sent...

Turkey arrests another Kurdish mayor after 5 days of detention

Sabite Ekinci, co-mayor of the Varto district of eastern Muş province, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, Turkish...

Turkish PM congratulates Trump, asks him to extradite cleric Gülen

Following the unexpected election victory of Donald J. Trump in the US, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım congratulated the president-elect on Wednesday and called...

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