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195 personnel expelled from land, naval forces over alleged Gülen ties

Turkey's Defense Ministry announced on Friday that a total of 195 personnel, 158 of whom are officers, have been dismissed from the Land Forces...

Painting showing Atatürk at rakı table removed from Parliament wall

A painting showing the nation's founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, eating at a waterside table with a glass of rakı near his plate, has been...

EU Parliament urges Turkey to release jailed journalists

The EU Parliament (EP) has urged Turkish authorities to release journalists being held without "compelling evidence of criminal activity." The call to authorities came in...

Interior Ministry dismisses 265 officers due to alleged Gülen links

Turkey's Interior Ministry on Friday dismissed a total of 265 military officers, 153 from the Gendarmerie Forces Command and 112 from Coast Guard Command,...

Pro-gov’t İstanbul chief public prosecutor’s brother dismissed over Gülen links

İlhan Fidan, the brother of İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor İrfan Fidan, who is known for his firm stance against the Gülen movement and support...

15 audit commissioners arrested in Ankara over Gülen links

Fifteen audit commissioners from the Court of Accounts were arrested in Ankara on Thursday over links to the Gülen movement, as part of an...

Erdoğan’s brother-in-law excused from testifying to commission

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's brother-in-law, Ziya İlgen, will not testify to the parliamentary commission that was established to investigate a foiled coup attempt on...

Demirtaş subject to investigation over Diyarbakır speech

The office of the prosecutor in Diyarbakır on Thursday launched an investigation into the co-chairman of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) following a speech...

RSF report: Gov’t controls 7 out of 10 most-watched TV channels in Turkey

In a report released on Thursday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in cooperation with Turkish news portal monitor bianet, government domination of the media...

5 killed in PKK attacks in southeast Turkey

The terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed four soldiers and one village guard in the provinces of Diyarbakır, Hakkari, Bingöl and Batman on Thursday. Two...

Twitter user detained for hashtag related to AKP call for arming supporters

A popular Twitter user with the user name "JeansBiri" was identified and detained in Gaziantep province in southeastern Turkey on Thursday for starting a...

40 businessmen detained in anti-Gülen operations in 3 provinces

Forty businessmen were detained in İstanbul, Tekirdağ and Kocaeli provinces on Thursday as part of ongoing operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement. The investigation into...

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