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ECtHR judge: Flood of applications from Turkey could block the court

  Işıl KarakaÅŸ, a Turkish judge serving at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said on Thursday that an increased number of applications from...

Turkey deploys armored vehicles, tanks to its Syria border

The Turkish military has deployed armored vehicles, tanks and personnel to the Elbeyli district of Kilis province, bordering Syria, Turkey's government press agency reported...

Imprisoned former Mardin Co-mayor Ahmet Türk hospitalized

Former Mardin Co-mayor Ahmet Türk, who was arrested on Dec 19 and transferred to a prison in Elazığ province on Jan. 17, was hospitalized...

Aydın man sentenced to 14 months in prison over insult to Erdoğan

Mehmet Şahin Işık, who was earlier briefly detained for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been given a 14-month jail sentence on...

Prosecutor allegedly tells wife of detainee to consider her husband dead

Cumhuriyet daily columnist Aydın Engin wrote on Wednesday that the wife of a detainee sent him a letter claiming that a prosecutor told her...

Another Turkish soldier killed in ISIL attack in Syria

One Turkish soldier was killed and five others were injured in a rocket attack perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

Poet Odabaşı receives suspended sentence for insulting Erdoğan

Poet and author Yılmaz Odabaşı on Wednesday received a suspended jail sentence of one year, eight months for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

CoE head calls for ending state of emergency before referendum

In his opening speech for the year 2017, Secretary-General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Thorbjorn Jagland urged an end to a state of...

‘Unskilled worker’ dismissed over alleged coup involvement

Worker Mehmet Fidan is among 367 people who were dismissed from state institutions with new government decrees – 682, 683, 684 and 685 –...

Turkey seizes all assets of businessman Akın İpek, mother Melek İpek

A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered the seizure of all assets of Turkish businessman Akın İpek and his mother, Melek İpek, over their alleged...

Turkish folk singer claims he is father of Adele

A Turkish folk singer and retired civil servant from the coastal town of Bodrum claims he is the father of famous British singer Adele. The...

Syrian Kurdish YPG disowns outcome of Astana talks

Syrian Kurdish militia the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), said on Monday that it would...

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