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1,000 staff members added to personnel of Erdoğan’s palace

In addition to security personnel, 1,804 people work at the controversial presidential palace of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Presidential Secretary-General Fahri Kasırga has said,...

Officer purged from military after coup attempt found dead in prison

İrfan Kızılarslan, a former colonel who was dismissed from the military and arrested following a failed coup on July 15 due to alleged involvement...

After ISIL claims Diyarbakır attack, Turkey insists it was PKK

Following the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claiming responsibility for a deadly car bomb attack on a police station on Friday,...

Cumhuriyet columnist claims Balbay, Coşkun behind crackdown on paper

As nine Cumhuriyet columnists and executives were being arrested on Saturday on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda, a senior columnist at the daily argued...

Turkish PM to EP president: Criticisms on Turkey are baseless, biased

In a phone conversation with European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Saturday amid an increasing crackdown on media and the opposition, Prime Minister Binali...

Released HDP deputies: ISIL attack targeted Kurdish politicians

Two Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who were detained and released on Friday argued that a car bomb attack in Diyarbakır on same day...

Trustee appointed to Kurdish municipality of Şırnak

The Ministry of Interior Affairs appointed a trustee to the Şırnak Municipality on Saturday after the removal of the elected mayor on allegations of...

Main opposition leader calls party for emergency meeting after Cumhuriyet arrests

The chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, called his party’s Central Executive Board (MYK) for an emergency meeting on...

[UPDATE] Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Sabuncu and 8 others from daily arrested

Nine journalists and executives from the Cumhuriyet daily, including its Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu, were arrested by the İstanbul 9th Penal Court of Peace on...

Released Cumhuriyet columnist: I have never seen such immoral accusations

Aydın Engin, a columnist for the Cumhuriyet daily who was released on Friday evening after spending four days in police custody, said he has...

Turkey’s social media blackout expands after ISIL claims deadly Diyarbakır car bombing

A social media blackout imposed on popular social media websites by Turkish authorities following the detention of pro-Kurdish deputies early on Friday was expanded...

Erdoğan’s speech to nation displayed on giant shopping mall screen

A live broadcast on a pro-government TV station showing Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan addressing the nation was displayed on a giant screen on the...

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