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Deployment of weapons in several prisons raises fears about mass killing of prisoners

Amid claims that the Turkish government is planning to stage riots in Turkey's prisons to eliminate political prisoners, heavy weapons have been deployed in...

Erdoğan slams Pakistani media outlets criticizing deportation of Turkish teachers

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday criticized some Pakistani media outlets and journalists who have voiced their unease with the Pakistani government's recent decision...

Emergency training exercise held at Burdur Prison amid fears of staged riots

At a time when reports are circulating about government plans to stage riots in Turkey's prisons to eliminate political prisoners, an emergency training exercise...

Turkey’s top judicial body dismisses 203 more judges, prosecutors

Turkey’s top judicial body, the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), has dismissed 203 more judges and prosecutors over alleged ties to the...

Gov’t appoints trustees to Van, Mardin and Siirt municipalities

Turkey's Interior Ministry has appointed trustees to the Van, Mardin and Siirt municipalities in Turkey's eastern and southeastern regions, replacing democratically elected pro-Kurdish mayors...

[UPDATE] Turkish police detain pro-Kurdish HDP mayor of eastern province of Van

Counterterrorism police raided the Van municipal offices on Thursday as part of an investigation launched by the Van Public Prosecutor's Office into members of...

ECtHR finds Turkey guilty of violating right to life in 2000 Bayrampaşa Prison operation

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Turkey guilty of violating the right to life in a violent police operation that killed...

Former pro-Kurdish HDP deputy detained in Tunceli

Turkish police on Wednesday detained former deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and former co-mayor of Tunceli province Edibe Şahin on charges...

Deputy PM asks party members to prepare for referendum on presidential system

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş told party members in Bursa on Wednesday that Turkey would soon hold a referendum on Turkey’s switch to...

Erdoğan visits Pakistan as Turkish teachers at Pak-Turk schools ordered to leave country

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday evening for a two-day visit, a day after the Pakistani government asked teachers who...

[VIDEO] AKP, CHP deputies almost come to blows over Israel on TV show

A debate on Turkish-Israeli relations on a Wednesday evening TV show almost turned into a fistfight between main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul...

[UPDATE] Siirt Co-mayor Bakırhan arrested, two other co-mayors detained

Siirt Co-mayor from the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Tuncer Bakırhan, who was detained on Wednesday morning along with two other Kurdish mayors, was arrested...

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