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Top court rejects CHP’s petitions on KHKs citing lack of jurisdiction

Turkey's Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected petitions filed by the country's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) requesting the cancellation of some controversial government...

48, including HDP, DBP politicians, detained in Turkey’s Southeast

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 48 people including pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) provincial and district co-chairpersons in the...

233 more military members expelled from TSK over Gülen links

Turkey’s Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that a total of 233 members of the military have been expelled from their posts in the Turkish...

Pro-gov’t daily claims Turkey considering purchase of Russian air defense system

The staunchly pro-government Yeni Akit daily claimed in a report on Wednesday that Turkey is contemplating the purchase of a Russian S-400 air defense...

Former Finance Minister Unakıtan passes away at age 70

Former Finance Minister Kemal Unakıtan died at the age of 70 at an İstanbul hospital on Wednesday morning where he had been receiving treatment...

108 arrested, 113 detained over coup charges on Tuesday

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...

Top judicial body says ENCJ will be ‘embarrassed’ for accusing Turkey of unfair dismissals

Mehmet Yılmaz, deputy chairman of Turkey’s Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), has said the Brussels-based European Networks of Councils for the Judiciary...

Turkish deputy PM targets Gülen movement, saying it is Turkey’s ISIL

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has targeted the Gülen movement, a global civil society movement accused by Turkey’s government and President Recep Tayyip...

Lack of janitorial staff forces students to clean school bathrooms in Gaziantep

  Amid the purge of tens of thousands of teachers in Turkey’s post-coup era, a student in Gaziantep was documented cleaning the floor of a...

Imam whose son arrested over Gülen links commits suicide

An imam in the Turkish province of Mersin whose teacher son was arrested in a massive post-coup purge for alleged Gülen links committed suicide...

9 PKK terrorists killed on Tuesday

  A total of nine Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) members were killed in Turkey and in northern Iraq on Tuesday, according to statements released by...

[BREAKING] State of emergency in Turkey extended 3 months

The Turkish Parliament has approved a motion proposed by the Prime Ministry to extend for three months a state of emergency declared after a...

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