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Turkey detains 538 people over Gülen links in past week

Turkish police detained 538 people between Nov. 26 and Dec. 3 as part of its post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the Gülen movement, according...

Despite end of state of emergency in Turkey, passport limitations persist for the purged

Passport limitations on purged state personnel, particularly academics dismissed from universities, are continuing although the state of emergency that led to those restrictions was...

Soylu slams Cumhuriyet daily over report suggesting schism inside ruling AKP

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has criticized the Cumhuriyet daily for a news story arguing that three factions are competing inside the ruling Justice...

Turkey claims legal attaché in London sent unauthorized note to UK court

Turkey's Justice Ministry has claimed the legal attaché at its embassy in London allegedly sent an unauthorized document to a British court hearing a...

Official statement claims 52 workers died during construction of İstanbul’s new airport

An official statement issued in response to an opposition deputy’s question claimed that during the construction of İstanbul’s new airport 52 workers died in...

6 human rights defenders and politicians arrested on terrorism charges

Six human rights activists and politicians who were detained along with others during police operations in the eastern Turkish province of Malatya on Tuesday...

July 15 veteran returns medal, ID to ministry

Sabri Ünal, a Turkish man who was injured while trying to stop a tank during a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016...

HDP says Erdoğan pressure caused court to rule against Demirtaş release

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has said a Turkish court that ruled on Friday not to release former HDP co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş from...

Retrial prosecutor: No evidence of Ergenekon terrorist organization

The prosecutor in the retrial of the clandestine Ergenekon network, which was once considered the “deep state” in Turkey, concluded on Friday that there...

Purged teacher from shut-down Gülen movement school disappears

Ahmet Ertürk, a teacher who lost his job in a purge carried out by Turkish authorities, has been missing since Nov. 16, according to...

Local court rejects Demirtaş’s appeal for release despite ECtHR ruling

The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court on Friday rejected a request for release filed by Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş which was based on a...

Prosecutor seeks aggravated life for 59 defendants in corruption probe trial

An İstanbul prosecutor is seeking aggravated life sentences for 59 defendants including Turkish-Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and police chiefs on charges of attempting to...

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