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2 lieutenants among 14 arrested in gov’t backed ‘parallel structure’ probe

Fourteen of the sixteen individuals including two lieutenants who were detained on Saturday in an Antalya-based operation targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, were arrested...

2 police officers killed, four others injured in PKK attacks in Southeast

Two police officers were killed and four other police officers were injured in separate terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacks in southeastern Turkey on...

2,261 detained, 501 arrested in witch-hunt operations against Gülen movement

As many as 2,261 people have been detained and 501 of them have been sent to jail across Turkey as part of ongoing government-led...

Turkey imposes partial curfew in southeastern town of Silvan

Turkish authorities have imposed a curfew on 10 neighborhoods in the Silvan district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır as clashes continue between the...

Deputy PM says Turkey has a freer media when compared with past

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said the country now has a “freer media” when compared with the past.  “In the past, we had...

23 detained in 5 provinces in crackdown on HDP members

A total of 23 people have been detained in five provinces across Turkey in an operation that targeted some members of the pro-Kurdish People’s...

2 military officers among 16 detained in gov’t backed ‘parallel structure’ probe

Sixteen people, including two active duty military officers, were detained in a new wave of government-backed operation targeting the so-called “parallel structure” on Friday...

Academic detained for ‘terror membership’ in latest episode of gov’t witch-hunt

An academic teaching law at the Antalya-based Akdeniz University was detained for “being a member and spreading propaganda for a terrorist organization” as part...

5 security force members killed, 3 injured in PKK attacks

Four soldiers were killed and three others were injured when their armored military vehicle was attacked in the Savur district of Mardin on Friday...

Complainant says he was ‘fooled,’ apologizes to suspects in trial targeting Gülen followers

Thirteen suspects who were detained as part of an operation targeting followers of the Gülen movement in the central province of Sivas were released...

Turkey blocks access to Russian state news agency Sputnik’s website

In the latest example of ongoing crackdown on the freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkish authorities on Thursday blocked access to website of...

Radiators installed over priceless tiles at historical mosque in İstanbul

Radiators have been installed over blue ceramic tiles adorning the interior walls of a 16th century mosque in İstanbul in a development that has...

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