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2 women briefly detained for drinking beer on Turkish beach

Two women in the northern Turkish province of Zonguldak were briefly detained by police on Tuesday for drinking beer on a public beach. According to...

300 more MHP members resign to join Akşener’s new party

Three hundred members of the Nationalist Movement Party’s (MHP) Afyonkarahisar provincial branch have resigned to join former MHP deputy Meral Akşener in her efforts...

[VIDEO] ‘Tekbir’ to replace Chopin’s ‘Marche Funèbre’ at funerals of fallen Turkish soldiers

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has ordered the playing of Ottoman-era composer Itri’s “Segah Tekbir” instead of Frédéric Chopin’s “Marche Funèbre” during funeral processions of fallen...

Detention warrants issued for 79 people linked to Gülen schools

Turkish authorities issued detention warrants on Wednesday for 79 people who used to work for private schools and private training centers that were shuttered...

Police wait outside delivery room to detain woman who just gave birth

A group of police officers are reportedly waiting outside the delivery room in Niğde Hayat Hospital in order to detain Büneyye Ö., who just...

Arrest warrant issued for former Ege University rector

An arrest warrant has been issued for Prof. Dr. Mustafa Cüneyt Hoşcoşkun, the former rector of Ege University, who fired 11 academics in a...

Men kill 183 women and girls, use violence against 278 in Turkey in 8 months

During the first eight months of 2017, men in Turkey killed 183 women and girls, used violence against 278 women, raped 57 and sexually...

18 lawyers defending jailed hunger striker teachers detained

A total of 18 lawyers for jailed hunger striker teachers Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça have been detained just days before the teachers’ trial...

OSCE calls on Turkey to urgently release Cumhuriyet journalists

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Monday called on Turkey to release from...

Detention warrants issued for 63 including intel agency employees

Detention warrants have been issued for 63 people including former employees of Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) as part of an investigation into the...

Ankara mayor prays hurricanes Harvey and Irma continue

Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Melih Gökçek shared from his Twitter account on Tuesday the level of economic damage caused by hurricanes Harvey and Irma...

UK legal opinion says Turks detained for using ByLock ‘had human rights breached’

A legal opinion published in London has found that tens of thousands of Turkish citizens detained or dismissed from their jobs on the basis...

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