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Investigation launched into 37 editors-in-chief on watch for Özgür Gündem daily

The number of journalists who face investigation after becoming editors-in-chief on watch for the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily has increased to 37, with investigations...

İstanbul Police say raid on HDP lawmaker’s home did not target her

İstanbul Police Department issued a written statement on Thursday regarding the recent police raid on the home of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair...

Hand grenade attack hits supermarket at night in Southeast; no casualties

A group of individuals wearing masks staged a hand grenade attack on a supermarket in the predominantly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakır on Wednesday...

Academic dismissed from Bilgi University over ‘insulting Erdoğan’

Zeynep Sayın Balıkçıoğlu, an academic at the Bilgi University in İstanbul, was dismissed from the university over allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during...

4 detained in latest gov’t-led operation targeting Gülen movement

Four people were detained as part of a government-initiated operation targeting the Gülen movement — a grassroots initiative comprising people inspired by Turkish Islamic...

Death toll from Vezneciler attack rises to 12

The death toll from the bomb attack in Vezneciler neighborhood of İstanbul on June 7, after one of the victims injured in the attack...

Whistleblower claims MİT prepared fake passport for Zarrab

A Twitter whistleblower Fuat Avni claimed on Tuesday that Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MİT) have prepared a fake passport to help him escape from...

Visually impaired journalist briefly detained over ‘insulting Erdoğan’

Cüneyt Arat, a visually impaired journalist, was released after being briefly detained in Adana by police on suspicion of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Gov’t plan to redesign top judiciary fits in “coup era,” senior judge says

Professor Sami Selçuk, the Honorary President of the Supreme Court of Appeals, commented that the new bill drafted by the government to reassign a...

1 village guard dead, 1 injured in armed attack by PKK terrorists in SE

One village guard was dead and one more was injured after the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists opened fire on them in Kızılağaç town...

Veteran Turkish journalist Hakkı Devrim passes away at age of 87

Journalist and publisher Hakkı Devrim died at around 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning, according to a statement delivered by his son Serdar Devrim. Devrim had...

7 detained as part of gov’t witch hunt against Gülen movement in Yalova

Seven people were detained as part of government-initiated operation targeting the Gülen movement -- a grassroots initiative comprising people inspired by Turkish Islamic scholar...

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