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AK Party says speaker’s call for secularism-free charter his personal opinion

Officials from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) have said a recent call by Parliament Speaker İsmail Kahraman for a constitution that...

23 individuals detained in gov’t-led ‘parallel structure’ probe

Twenty-three individuals have been detained across four provinces in new wave of operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement. The operations, which were based in southern...

Parliament speaker says secularism should have no place in new constitution

Turkish Parliament Speaker İsmail Kahraman has said the country’s new constitution should not include the principle of secularism, calling for a new charter which...

PKK’s Bayık says terrorist group in ‘direct contact’ with anti-ISIL coalition

Leader of the military wing of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Cemil Bayık has told BBC in an interview that the PKK had...

Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Dündar fined over articles on corruption probe

Cumhuriyet daily Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar has been fined by a local court over his columns and a series of news stories covering the content...

Businessman İpek’s brother arrested as part of gov’t-led probe

Cafer Tekin İpek, brother of Koza İpek Holding Chairman Akın İpek, was arrested in Ankara on Monday as part of an operation targeting the...

Insulting remarks against academics within limits of free speech, Erdoğan says

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan who used apparently heavily insulting words targeting academics who signed a peace declaration earlier this year said in his plea...

Erdoğan denies government reached deal with Kurds at Dolmabahçe

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has denied that the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) agreed on the blueprint for a resolution of Turkey's...

1 more killed by ISIL rockets in Kilis as ISIL rockets leave 16 dead since January

More than 50 rockets have been fired on the southern province of Kilis, on the border with Syria, from the territory controlled by the Islamic...

Dutch columnist detained in Turkey on charges of insulting Erdoğan

A Dutch columnist of Turkish origin Ebru Umar was detained in the western town of Kuşadası on Saturday over a critical tweet she posted...

Turkish government unlawfully cancels passports of critics, columnist says

The Turkish government, which has stepped up its crackdown on critics, especially members of the Gülen movement, has unlawfully cancelled the passports of a...

Six police officers injured in PKK attack in Mardin

Six police officers were injured when explosives planted by the members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were exploded on the Mardin-Diyarbakır road...

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