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Turkey detains 505 people over Gülen links in past week

Turkish police detained 505 people between Oct. 29 and Nov. 5 as part of its post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the Gülen movement, according...

Turkish court rules to keep journalist Baransu in prison

A Turkish court on Friday ruled for the continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct Taraf newspaper,...

Teacher detained over Gülen links recounts gruesome memories of torture

A Turkish teacher who was detained part of an ongoing government-led crackdown on followers of the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a failed...

393 women in Turkey murdered in domestic violence since January 2017

Three hundred ninety-three women in Turkey were killed in incidents of domestic violence over the last 19 months, according to the Interior Ministry. Opposition deputy...

Bill preventing dismissed doctors from working in state-subsidized hospitals passes in parliament committee

A committee in the Turkish parliament on Friday passed a bill that would prevent doctors dismissed from their jobs during a two-year-long state of...

Detention warrants issued for 50 people over Gülen links

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 50 people as part of a crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Investigation launched into opposition deputy over tweets ‘insulting’ Turkey

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into Felicity Party (SP) deputy Cihangir İslam on accusations of “insulting the Turkish nation,...

43 former TRT journalists face up to 15 years in jail on terrorism charges

A public prosecutor has demanded a jail sentence of up to 15 years for 43 journalists formerly employed by the state-run Turkish Radio and...

HDP’s questions on luxurious jet presented to Erdoğan by Qatar left unanswered

A series of questions raised by Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş about a specially equipped Boeing 747-8 that was allegedly gifted...

Judges who released prime coup suspect expelled from profession

Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has expelled two judges from the profession who ruled for the release of Adil Öksüz, the prime...

Turkish mayor built martyrs’ cemetery ‘just in case’ someone from town martyred

A Turkish mayor ordered the establishment of a martyrs’ cemetery in a town in northern Gümüşhane province in the event some youths from the...

Columnist claims former AKP deputy had drug lord released pending trial

In an article that appeared in the Habertürk newspaper on Wednesday, columnist Fatih Altaylı claimed that a former Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy...

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