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76 military judges, prosecutors sacked in new wave of purge

The Ministry of Defense has dismissed 76 military court judges and prosecutors over links to the Gülen movement as a post-coup-attempt purge widens. The dismissals...

4 more journalists jailed in Turkey

Journalists Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu, Atilla Taş, Mutlu Gölgeçen and Murat Aksoy were jailed in İstanbul on Saturday as part of an investigation into the...

80-year-old man with cane handcuffed, detained over Gülen links

An 80-year-old Turkish man with walking and speaking difficulties was handcuffed and detained by Turkish police on Sept. 1 over suspected links to the Gülen movement,...

Erdoğan: President is head of judiciary, legislature and executive

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, when departing for the G-20 Summit in China from İstanbul Atatürk Airport on Friday, told reporters that the president is...

AKP government cancels 115 more press cards

Turkish authorities have cancelled the permanent press cards of 115 journalists for their alleged links to the Gülen movement, the state run Anadolu news...

8 journalists referred to court for arrest

An İstanbul prosecutor referred eight of 12 journalists including Atilla Taş and Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu for arrest on Friday after their testimony as part...

Pro-peace academics, atheist among 2,346 dismissed from universities

  Academics who signed a pro-peace declaration earlier this year and an atheist associate professor are among 2,346 academics who were removed from their posts...

[News Analysis] The gov’t in Turkey is committing genocide

News Analysis / TM President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is continuing to carry out a witch-hunt, launched in the aftermath of a July 15 coup attempt,...

Kemalist daily claims facing closure over alleged ties to Gülen

Kemalist-nationalist daily Sözcü claimed on Friday that an investigation is under way for the closure of the paper over allegations that it has links...

12 journalists referred to court for promoting Gülen movement

  Twelve journalists who were detained last week as part of a witch-hunt targeting the Gülen movement have been referred to court after their interrogation...

Former MHP deputy arrested in witch-hunt against Gülen movement

  Former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Manisa deputy Zeynel Balkız was arrested together with eight others in Manisa province on Friday as part of an...

51,000 dismissed from Turkey’s state bodies under new gov’t decree

A recent decree issued under post-coup-attempt emergency rules has led to the dismissal of 50,589 civil servants and banned their employment at any state...

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