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You will be eventually touched, Erdoğan tells HDP deputies amid immunity controversy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has told lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) that they will “eventually” lose their parliamentary immunities from...

Philanthropist targeted in witch-hunt operation in Erzurum passes away

A 91-year-old man, Alaattin Öksüz, who came to public attention in February when police officers attempted to detain him as part of an operation...

Businessmen among 100 detained in new operation targeting Gülen movement

A total of 100 people including businessmen and employees of Islamic lender Bank Asya have been detained across nine provinces in Turkey as part...

Explosion reported at AK Party İstanbul provincial branch

Unknown assailants hurled explosives at the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) İstanbul provincial branch in Eyüp district while two other explosions were...

2 lieutenants among 14 arrested in gov’t backed ‘parallel structure’ probe

Fourteen of the sixteen individuals including two lieutenants who were detained on Saturday in an Antalya-based operation targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, were arrested...

2 police officers killed, four others injured in PKK attacks in Southeast

Two police officers were killed and four other police officers were injured in separate terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacks in southeastern Turkey on...

2,261 detained, 501 arrested in witch-hunt operations against Gülen movement

As many as 2,261 people have been detained and 501 of them have been sent to jail across Turkey as part of ongoing government-led...

Turkey imposes partial curfew in southeastern town of Silvan

Turkish authorities have imposed a curfew on 10 neighborhoods in the Silvan district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır as clashes continue between the...

Deputy PM says Turkey has a freer media when compared with past

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said the country now has a “freer media” when compared with the past.  “In the past, we had...

23 detained in 5 provinces in crackdown on HDP members

A total of 23 people have been detained in five provinces across Turkey in an operation that targeted some members of the pro-Kurdish People’s...

2 military officers among 16 detained in gov’t backed ‘parallel structure’ probe

Sixteen people, including two active duty military officers, were detained in a new wave of government-backed operation targeting the so-called “parallel structure” on Friday...

Academic detained for ‘terror membership’ in latest episode of gov’t witch-hunt

An academic teaching law at the Antalya-based Akdeniz University was detained for “being a member and spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization” as part...

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