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Coup Commission to question former presidents, prime ministers

Turkey’s parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission decided on Thursday to send written questions to former presidents and prime ministers about a coup attempt on July...

Gov’t seeks to ease criticism over Cumhuriyet detentions by linking prosecutor to Gülen

In an apparant move to calm critics of an operation targeting the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper in Turkey earlier this week, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ...

Erdoğan receives MHP leader amid presidential system, death penalty debates

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli at the presidential palace in Ankara on Thursday amid ongoing debates...

Polling company head says 56 percent against executive presidency in Turkey

President of SONAR polling company Hakan Bayrakçı has said around 56 percent of Turks are against a switch to an executive presidency and that...

Die Zeit paper allocates full page to Turkish journalists under arrest, pressure

German newspaper Die Zeit on Thursday allocated one of its pages to 29 Turkish journalists who are either currently under arrest or face heavy...

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy’s passport confiscated at airport

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü announced on Thursday that his passport was confiscated at an İstanbul airport as he was getting...

Ankara police chief: We would have armed civilians on July 15 if necessary

Testifying before the Coup Investigation Commission in the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday, the Ankara police chief said they did not hand out arms to...

40 academics from Marmara University detained over ByLock use

Turkish police on Thursday morning detained at least 40 academics from İstanbul's Marmara University on the grounds that they use a smart phone application...

1,218 officers expelled from Gendarmerie Forces Command over Gülen links

Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Thursday dismissed a total of 1,218 officers from the Gendarmerie Forces Command due to their alleged links to the faith-based...

Turkey to complete wall on Syria border by mid-2017, minister says

Turkey's Defense Minister Fikri Işık said on Wednesday that the construction of a concrete wall along the Turkish-Syrian border will be completed in the...

Family members of coup attempt’s prime suspect detained in Turkey

Three sisters-in-law of Adil Öksüz, the prime suspect in a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, were detained in Sakarya province on Wednesday. As...

Erdoğan says his anger, hatred increase when he sees Muslims fleeing to Europe

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is very ashamed of the developments taking place in some Muslim countries but at the same time...

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