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12 relatives of senior figure in Gülen movement detained

Turkish police on Monday detained 12 relatives of Cevdet Türkyolu, a close name to Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, in the Black Sea province of...

Detained journalist Tekerek released after interrogation

Journalist Tuğba Tekerek who was detained by İstanbul police on Sunday on the grounds that she "insulted" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was released on...

Turkish crackdown on Gülen mov’t spills over into Europe, scaring followers

Turkey’s crackdown on supporters of Fethullah Gülen, a Turkish-Islamic scholar accused by Ankara of masterminding July’s coup attempt, is being felt by the Turkish...

Ankara sent deputy intel chief to Assad, report says

One of the deputies of Turkey's intelligence chief has visited Syrian capital of Damascus, according to a recent report in the Lebanese As-Safir daily.  A...

5 detained during attempted protest at Israeli Consulate in İstanbul

Turkish police detained five people who gathered in front of the Israeli Consulate in İstanbul in the early hours of  Monday to protest latest...

One soldier killed, 3 police officers injured in PKK attack in Tunceli

One soldier has been killed and three police officers have been wounded when a clash erupted between Turkish security forces and a group of...

Erdogan’s top adviser vows to make Gulenists “cough up blood”

Oktay Saral, an advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said in successive tweets that people affiliated with the Gülen Movement, which is blamed by...

Turkish lawmaker faces trial over story into weapons shipment to Syria

by TM Istanbul prosecutors seek 18-year prison sentence for Republican People’s party (CHP) Istanbul Deputy Enis Berberoglu, former editor of Hurriyet daily, on charges of...

Mourners chant ‘murderer Erdoğan’ as Gaziantep victims laid to rest [VIDEO]

Protestors chanting "murderer Erdoğan" and other anti-government slogans gathered on Sunday afternoon for a mass funeral ceremony for the 41 victims of a suicide...

Turkey’s intelligence agency reported to be threatening German Turks

Germans of Turkish origin are being “menaced” in Germany by informants and officers of Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), according to a story in...

Gaziantep wedding suicide bomber ‘was child aged 12-14’ [VIDEO]

A suicide bomber who attacked an outdoor wedding ceremony in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep on Saturday evening, killing 51 people and injuring...

Omnibus law makes govt’s closure of private universities possible

The Turkish Parliament has approved an omnibus bill which among other things makes it possible for the government to close down any private university...

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