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Conflicting reports arrive from Koruköy, blockaded by Turkish military

Thirty-nine people have been detained, three killed and two lost in the village of Koruköy, which has been under military blockade since Feb. 11,...

HDP to apply to ECtHR for Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is preparing to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on behalf of Co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş...

20 former military officers detained over ByLock use

Twenty former Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) officers were detained on Saturday across 10 provinces over use of a smart phone application known as ByLock. The...

AKP’s Austria head says rejection of executive presidency would lead to civil war

In a video shared online the representative of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Austria Mahmut Koç says if the transition to...

Local governor detained over Gülen links

A local governor in the Hayrabolu district of Tekirdağ province was detained on Saturday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, as part of...

Dentist couple faces up to 15 years in jail over Gülen links

Dentist Ali İlker Baştan and his wife Esma Kuriş Baştan, also a dentist, face up to 15 years' imprisonment for alleged links to the...

Another woman detained while visiting imprisoned husband

N.A., a Turkish literature teacher who was left unemployed after her school was shuttered as part of post-coup emergency rule, was detained when she...

Mosque construction in İstanbul’s Taksim Square begins

Construction of a controversial mosque in İstanbul's Taksim Square began on Friday in a ceremony attended by İstanbul Mayor Kadiş Topbaş. On Feb. 6, İstanbul’s...

Gov’t-appointed mayor asks staff to vote ‘yes’ in upcoming referendum

The mayor of Diyarbakır’s Sur Municipality, who replaced a mayor from the Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) as part of a government decision in September,...

Appeals court overturns acquittal of policeman who fatally beat Gezi protester

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court verdict acquitting a police officer who, along with other police officers and shopkeepers, administered...

Detention warrant issued for another HDP deputy

As a court in Diyarbakır was issuing an arrest warrant for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy İdris Baluken, who was recently released from...

Humor magazine Gırgır closed down after printing blasphemous cartoon

One of the most popular humor magazines in Turkey, Gırgır, was closed down after it published a controversial cartoon featuring Moses in its latest...

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