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Men attack Radiohead listening party in İstanbul for “alcohol consumption in Ramadan”

At an album celebration event held in İstanbul on Saturday night for the British rock band Radiohead, participants were attacked by a group of...

Buried PKK arsenal discovered in İstanbul forest

An arsenal buried in an İstanbul forest by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was found by the police on Thursday. The weaponry included two...

Bilgi University academics show support for professor dismissed over ‘insulting Erdoğan’

Academics of the Bilgi University released a declaration showing support for Zeynep Sayın Balıkçıoğlu -- a professor at the university -- after she was...

İstanbul governor bans LGBTI parade in Taksim over Orlando attack

İstanbul Governor’s Office has banned a pre-scheduled LGBTI pride parade to take place in Taksim on June 19 and 26, after a recent attack...

Supreme court members issue joint declaration against gov’t plan to redesign top judiciary

Some members of the Supreme Court of Appeals have issued a joint declaration against a new bill drafted by the government to reassign a...

TÜSİAD urges gov’t to review draft law seeking more authority on trustee appointment

The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD) has urged Turkish government to review a draft law that seeks to broaden the government’s authority to...

Gov’t suppression of press makes social media alternative platform, survey says

The “Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2016” has revealed that social media has increasingly become an alternative platform for news in Turkey as the...

DİSK secretary-general briefly detained on suspicion of ‘insulting Erdoğan’

The Confederation of Revolutionary Workers' Unions (DİSK) Secretary-General Arzu Çerkezoğlu was briefly detained early on Friday on suspicion of “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Çerkezoğlu...

Report claims police postponed ISIS operation due to lack of personnel

A report on Turkish media claimed on Thursday that Bingöl police department postponed an operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...

Erdoğan accuses West of being ‘superior mind’ behind PKK

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday blamed the western countries of being the “superior mind” behind the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and indirectly...

RTÜK fines 7 TV channels airing CHP group meeting over insulting Erdoğan

Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) fined seven TV channels which aired Republican People’s Party (CHP) group meeting over insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Turkish...

Pro-Kurdish HDP leader says wants PKK-linked TAK dispersed

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş confirmed that he is for the dismissal of the terrorist Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), which had...

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