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Jailed activists say translators giving inaccurate info about Büyükada meeting

A group of human rights defenders who have been in jail since July 5 said translators who attended a meeting on İstanbul's Büyükada Island...

US complains to Turkey over publication of US troop locations in Syria

The publication of the locations of the US military posts in Syria by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency has endangered American troops, and the...

PM Yıldırım admits did not know identity of putschists when he blamed Gülen movement

A year after a failed coup on July 15, 2016, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said he did not know who had attempted to...

Pro-Erdoğan daily reporter expresses support for ISIL

Yılmaz Bilgen, a reporter for the Yeni Şafak daily and TV Net, staunch supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, expressed support for the...

New labor minister closes social media account containing tweets ‘criticizing Erdoğan’

After being appointed minister of labor and social security on Wednesday, Jülide Sarıeroğlu first deleted her tweets critical of Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and...

Cleric given 2.5-year jail sentence for insulting Atatürk

Hasan Akar, a cleric from the Nur religious community, has been handed down a 2.5-year sentence on charges of insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the...

[UPDATE] 4 more detained for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt

Turkish police on Wednesday detained four people wearing a T-shirt bearing the word "hero" in Eskişehir, Aydın and Elazığ provinces, one day after two...

Turkey reshuffles Cabinet, replaces or swaps 11 ministers

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Wednesday announced a new Cabinet list that included replacements or swaps in 11 out of 26 ministries, following...

Period of detention extended for another 7 days for journalist Erdem

Turkish prosecutors have extended the period of detention of journalist Zeki Erdem, who has been in police custody since July 11, for another seven...

Diyarbakır co-mayor faces arrest shortly after release  

An arrest warrant has been issued for Diyarbakır Co-mayor Fırat Anlı, who was released from jail last week, after being arrested on terror charges...

Jail sentence sought for Gırgır cartoonist for insulting sacred values

A prosecutor has drafted an indictment seeking up to 18 months for cartoonist Seyfi Şahin, who used to work for the closed-down popular humor...

Merkel condemns arrest of human rights activists in Turkey

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the arrest of six human rights activists including a German in Turkey and pledged to work for his...

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