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3 military officers given aggravated life sentences in coup trial

A court in Turkey’s Bolu province handed down aggravated life sentences to three top military officers in the province for participating in a failed...

Nationalist party leader says at least 5K volunteers ready for operation in northern Iraq

Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahçeli said on Wednesday that over 5,000 people from his party’s Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları) youth wing...

CHP spokesperson says detention of Kılıçdaroğlu’s lawyer an intimidation operation

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) spokesperson and Deputy Chairman Bülent Tezcan has said the detention of lawyer Celal Çelik, who represented CHP leader...

HDP report: 25,523 women dismissed under post-coup emergency rule

A report on women's rights in Turkey presented by pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) group deputy chair Filiz Kerestecioğlu to the Parliamentary Assembly of...

Imprisoned correspondent claims solidarity delegations discriminate among jailed journalists

Emre Soncan, a journalist who has been imprisoned for 425 days, recently complained about discrimination by the Turkish Journalists Association (TGC) and the main...

16 detained in Bursa over ByLock app use

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 16 people in Bursa province on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, the Milliyet...

Police officer commits suicide after being suspended under coup probe

İbrahim Eski, a 31-year-old police officer who was suspended from his job due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, committed suicide on Tuesday. Eski’s...

JWF urges UN to form int’l commission to investigate coup attempt in Turkey

  The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) in a statement released on Monday called on the United Nations to form an international commission...

Turkish singer handed down 10 months in prison for terror propaganda

An İzmir court on Tuesday sentenced Turkish pop singer Pınar Aydınlar to 10 months in prison on charges of disseminating propaganda for a terrorist...

Supreme court rules on ByLock in line with justice minister’s remarks

The Supreme Court of Appeals’ Assembly of Criminal Chambers has ruled the ByLock smart phone application is to be considered evidence of membership in...

3 PKK militants killed in eastern Turkey

Three Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists were killed in drone strikes in Turkey’s eastern Hakkari province following a rocket launcher attack on a military...

Court releases Cumhuriyet journalist Kadri Gürsel, 4 others remain in jail

An İstanbul court on Monday ruled for the release of Cumhuriyet daily journalist Kadri Gürsel and for the continuation of pretrial detention for four...

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