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[VIDEO] Erdoğan kicks off ‘yes’ campaign for referendum to boost his power

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on residents of Mersin on Friday to vote in favor of an upcoming referendum in early April for...

Academic sentenced to 11 months in jail for insulting Erdoğan

Suay Karaman, an academic at the Ankara-based Gazi University and the general secretary of the Association of Academic Staff (TÜMÖD), was sentenced on Friday...

Turkey detains 2 more nephews of US-based scholar Fethullah Gülen

A total of 16 suspects including two nephews of US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen were detained on Friday as part of an investigation into...

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry to establish center to counter anti-gov’t propaganda abroad

A newly proposed center under Turkey's Foreign Ministry that will comprise staff from the Ministry of Defense, the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the...

[UPDATE] CHP’s Türkmen resigns from parliamentary post over high official postage bills

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Elif Doğan Türkmen resigned on Saturday from Parliament’s Presidential Council after mounting reactions over her high official...

Yet another social media user arrested for insulting Erdoğan

A.A. was arrested in Şanlıurfa on Friday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, Cumhuriyet reported. According to the report, gendarmes detained...

After his release, Türk said his imprisonment was unlawful

The Kurdish co-mayor of Mardin, Ahmet Türk, who was in jail for 43 days, said after his release on Friday that his imprisonment was...

[VIDEO] Indictment seeks 3 years for fashion designer on charges of inciting hatred

An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks a jail term of up to three years for fashion designer Barbaros Şansal on charges of...

Death toll in Kayseri attack rises to 15 with loss of another soldier

The number of soldiers killed in a terrorist attack in the central province of Kayseri last December rose to 15 when one of the...

Judge who jailed MİT truck prosecutors suspended over Gülen links

One of seven judges and prosecutors who were suspended by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) on Wednesday due to alleged links...

Germany turns down Turkey’s calls to reject asylum applications of Turkish officers

German authorities have turned down calls from Turkey to reject asylum applications from 40 high-ranking Turkish officers, saying that the officers' applications will be...

Constitutional reform package sent to Erdoğan 12 days after approval in Parliament

A constitutional reform package that introduces an executive presidency in Turkey was sent to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for approval on Thursday, 12 days...

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