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CHP leader says warned about assassination threat after failed coup

  Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said he was warned by the Interior Ministry about a possible assassination...

Police raid headquarters of Kurdish language newspaper

Turkish police on Sunday raided the Diyarbakır office of Kurdish language daily Azadiya Welat and launched a search of the premises. The Turkish government has...

Petition launched in support of freedom of expression in Turkey

  German journalists and writers are seeking signatures for a petition asking German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to stand up...

2 Kurdish workers attacked in Tuzla

Two Kurdish workers were wounded during an apparently racist attack in Istanbul’s Tuzla district on Saturday. Hüseyin Gümüş and Selman Gümüş, who work at the...

GATA branch has new name, head doctor after transfer to Health Ministry

Following a government decision to subordinate military hospitals, which used to operate under the General Staff, to the country’s Health Ministry, the name of...

Pro-gov’t daily accuses Germany of orchestrating Cerattepe protests   

A pro-government Turkish daily has accused Germany of masterminding environmental protests in Turkey’s Black Sea region in February, saying that Germany collaborated with “fake”...

UPDATE: Terrorists attack police at Diyarbakır Airport

Terrorists carried out an RPG attack on a police checkpoint at Diyarbakır Airport on Saturday night. According to a report from DHA, the four RPGs...

Defense Ministry fires 196 military judges and prosecutors

As part of a post-coup-attempt witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement, the Ministry of Defense has dismissed 196 military court judges and prosecutors over links...

29 TV stations closed by RTÜK for ‘illegal broadcasting’

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has shut down 29 television stations for illegal broadcasting and also decided to impose sanctions on two...

CHP leader, top bar official refuse to attend judicial ceremony at the palace

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), and Metin Feyzioğlu, chairman of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB), will...

3 ambassadors arrested over alleged ties to Gülen

Three ambassadors, including former Turkish President Abdullah Gül's aide and former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's ex-adviser Gürcan Balık, were arrested as part of an...

40 businessmen in İstanbul arrested over Gülen link

Forty businessmen, including the CEOs of two of Turkey’s biggest holdings, Fikret İnan of Fi Yapı Holding and Fatih Aktaş of Akfa Holding, were...

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