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TSK says 71 YPG members ‘rendered ineffective’ in Syria in one week

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has announced that a total of 71 People’s Protection Units (YPG) members have been killed in clashes in northern...

[UPDATE] 7 killed in helicopter crash in İstanbul’s Beylikdüzü district

A Sikorsky S-76-type helicopter crashed in İstanbul's Beylikdüzü district on Friday morning after it hit a television tower, killing all seven people on board,...

30 detained across 11 provinces over Gülen links

Thirty people across 11 provinces have been detained as part of an investigation conducted by the Bodrum Chief Public Prosecutor's Office targeting alleged followers...

Journalist Hasan Cemal’s trial over columns on Kurdish settlement process begins

The trial of renowned Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal over his columns in 2013 that dealt with a settlement process for Turkey's long-standing Kurdish problem...

Woman detained while showing newborn baby to jailed husband

S.Ö., whose husband was jailed a few weeks before she gave birth to a baby, was detained in Sakarya on March 8 when she...

Jailed journalist Şık says he is a ‘referendum hostage’ for being in ‘no’ camp

Prominent journalist and Cumhuriyet daily reporter Ahmet Şık, who was arrested last December on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda, said on Thursday that he...

Turkey’s Boğaziçi University dismisses its first academic, bringing total to 7,317

Noémi Levy-Aksu, an assistant professor of history at Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University, has been dismissed from her position, the GazeteDuvar.com news website reported on...

Supreme Court of Appeals cancels HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ’s party membership

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday canceled the party membership of Figen Yüksekdağ, co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), who was...

Alleged head of ISIL in Turkey detained over insulting state officials

Halis Bayancuk, aka Abu Hanzala, who is known for his radical preaching and ties to Hezbollah and al-Qaeda and most recently as the head...

Putchist general admits coup involvement, denies Gülen link

Brig. Gen. Gökhan Şahin Sönmezateş, who allegedly ordered a group of soldiers to a hotel in Muğla province where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Serial killer says he carried out people’s will by ‘executing’ Gülen follower

Atalay Filiz, on trial for a series of murders in Turkey, said in his defense that one of his victims was a Gülen movement...

March held in İstanbul to mark women’s day

Women held a rally on İstanbul’s famous İstiklal Avenue on Wednesday night to celebrate International Women’s Day. Women, mostly from feminist organizations across Turkey, carried...

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