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6 ISIL suspects detained in İstanbul

Turkish police detained six suspects in İstanbul as part of an operation targeting an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) cell which...

PEN group not allowed to show support for jailed authors in front of Silivri Prison

A large group of PEN international members was stopped on their way to Silivri Prison on Thursday where they wanted to deliver a message...

Turkish mafia leader threatens opponents of referendum

A Turkish gang leader, Sedat Peker, has declared his support for the transition to an executive presidency in Turkey while threatening those who are...

3 Iraqi bomb makers for ISIL detained in northern Turkey

Three Iraqi brothers who allegedly made explosives for Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bombers have been detained in Turkey's northern...

Kurdish journalist sentenced to 6 years in prison over 2 books on PKK

An İstanbul court on Thursday sentenced Kurdish journalist Arzu Demir to six years in prison on charges of disseminating propaganda for a terrorist organization...

Trump administration mulls designating Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

The administrative team of Donald Trump is debating whether or not the United States should declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and thus...

PM Yıldırım admits new commission aims to delay ECtHR petitions

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has admitted that a commission recently established by government decree to investigate lawsuits filed during a state of emergency...

Dündar’s news website immediately blocked in Turkey

The “Özgürüz” (We Are Free) website, a German-based online news portal launched on Jan. 24 by exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar, was blocked in...

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

  Işıl Karakaş, 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...

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