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Erdoğan calls on Turkish expats to vacation in Turkey  

In a bid to revive Turkey's struggling tourism sector, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday called on Turks living abroad to take their vacations...

[VIDEO] German Chancellor Merkel visits Turkey amid disagreements  

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Turkey on Thursday to focus on efforts to find a political solution in Syria and the EU-Turkey refugee...

YSK official suspended after controversial message about Kılıçdaroğlu

A local Supreme Election Board (YSK) official in the southeastern province of Malatya has been suspended from his job after posting a controversial message...

Detention warrants issued for 177 police officers over Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention warrants for 177 police officers as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement. Among...

Islamic scholar Gülen’s nephew arrested in Manisa

One of the nephews of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen was arrested in the Turgutlu district of western Manisa province on Thursday as part...

Kılıçdaroğlu: President Erdoğan afraid to be put on trial

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Wednesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wants a constitutional amendment package to be...

Prosecutors launch probe into columnist Bekir Coşkun over article on referendum

An investigation has been launched into Sözcü daily columnist Bekir Coşkun over one of his articles about an upcoming referendum on constitutional amendments extending...

Pro-Kurdish DBP district co-mayor detained in house raid

Serhat Çiçek, co-mayor of Siirt's Gökçebağ district from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), was detained following a police raid on his house on Wednesday. Along with...

[VIDEO] Ottoman heir: Parliamentary system in Turkey always harmed leaders like Erdoğan

Nilhan Osmanoğlu, the great granddaughter of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, said on Wednesday that she will vote "yes" in an upcoming referendum in...

Jailed HDP co-chair: Erdoğan, Davutoğlu must also be tried for talks with PYD

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ said during a hearing on Wednesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and former Prime Minister Ahmet...

Turkey’s media watchdog restricts broadcasting of ‘breaking news’

Turkey’s Supreme Council of Radio and Television (RTÜK) has restricted the broadcasting of "breaking news" on Turkish television during a state of emergency currently...

Report: Gov’t wielding press accreditation as threat to foreign journalists in Turkey

Although infringements on freedom of the media and the arbitrary imprisonment of scores of Turkish journalists have been widely reported and criticized worldwide in...

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