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Declaration from 180 journalist and academics condemns ‘racist’ media

One hundred eighty journalists and academics have signed a joint declaration condemning Turkish media for publishing racist news about Syrian refugees, the t24 news...

4,806 passports of alleged Gülen followers seized in one year at İstanbul airport

Turkish police have seized 4,806 passports and detained 132 people at İstanbul Atatürk Airport as part of investigations into alleged followers of the faith-based...

UNESCO adds Turkey’s ancient city of Aphrodisias to World Heritage List

UNESCO decided to include the ancient city of Aphrodisias in southwestern Turkey on its World Heritage List during the 41st session of the World...

Detention warrants issued for 43 at Prime Ministry over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 43 people working at the Prime Ministry on the grounds that they have links to the faith-based...

11 terrorists ‘neutralized’; 6 civilians, soldiers, killed in Turkey’s Southeast

Eleven members of the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been "neutralized" in military operations in Hakkari, Ağrı and Şırnak provinces, according to...

Professor detained over Gülen links while working at excavation site

Prof. Dr. Abdüsselam Uluçam, former rector of Batman University and head of an excavation team in Hasankeyf’s historic area, was detained as part of...

Dismissed police officer found dead in Konya apartment

Melikşah Kültür, a 41-year-old police officer who was dismissed from his job as part of an administrative investigation launched into him, was found dead...

Minister says 5,300 new cadets to be recruited

Amid the debate over purges in the Turkish military, Defense Minister Fikri Işık has said 5,300 more military school cadets will be enrolled in...

Minister says 450,000 refugees returned to Syria

Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said over 3 million Syrian refugees are living in Turkey and 450,000 have returned home, the Sabah daily...

PACE co-rapporteurs ask for immediate release of human rights defenders

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Turkey, Marianne Mikko (Estonia, SOC) and Nigel Evans (United Kingdom,...

2,000-year-old lion sculpture destroyed in Turkey’s Adıyaman province

A two-thousand-year-old lion sculpture at an ancient burial site dating back to the Kingdom of Commagene in Turkey’s Adıyaman province has been destroyed, the...

Justice Minister Bozdağ says 50,504 arrested since coup attempt

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Friday that since a failed coup attempt last July, 50,504 people have been arrested and 168,801 are...

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