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Erdoğan: Gülenists aim to take control of world

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has renewed his call to the people to inform authorities about followers of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and said...

Court denies appeal for journalists’ release, claiming ‘no evidence of innocence’

  An İstanbul court has rejected an appeal submitted by columnists who wrote for the Zaman daily, which was shut down by the government in...

Report: Turkey tasks MİT with hunting down alleged coup plotters in Europe

  Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has been tasked with locating, arresting and even killing military officers who fled Turkey after allegedly taking part in...

Minister calls on Kılıçdaroğlu to attend ceremony at palace

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has strongly criticized main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) Chairman...

ISW report: Erdoğan using coup to reshape the military

A report drafted in the wake of Turkey’s foiled coup of July 15 by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a non-partisan,...

Former İstanbul police chief detained as part of post-coup investigations

Former İstanbul police chief Hüseyin Çapkın has been detained for alleged involvement in a failed military coup attempt on July 15. Detention warrants have been...

CPJ’s Turkey blog: Failed coup speeds Turkey crackdown

By Özgür Öğret Police raid newspaper offices, detain at least 23 employees Police in the southeastern Turkish city Diyarbakır yesterday raided the main office of the...

First police officer in a headscarf makes public appearance in İstanbul

Following the Turkish government’s abolishment of a ban that prohibited female police officers from wearing an Islamic headscarf while on duty, a female police...

Driver killed while trying to take selfie on new Bosporus bridge

A truck driver was killed and three other people were injured on Tuesday in an accident on the newly opened Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 35 journalists as 107 remain jailed

As part of an ongoing witch-hunt against the faith-based Gülen movement, detention warrants have been issued for another 35 journalists for their alleged links...

5 children injured as 3 rockets hit Kilis

Three rockets have hit Kilis, a Turkish town near the Syrian border, wounding five children, as the Turkish Armed Forces continue a cross-border operation...

Victory Day reception cancelled amid loss of civilians, security members

A statement from the Istanbul Governor’s Office announced on Monday that a reception held every Aug. 30 for Victory Day has been cancelled in...

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