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Denmark summons Turkish ambassador over spying on Erdoğan critics

Mehmet Dönmez, the Turkish ambassador in Copenhagen, was summoned by Denmark’s Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen for clarification of claims that Danish-Turkish citizens are being...

Hagia Sophia to be opened to Muslim prayer by AKP, daily claims

Turkey's historic Hagia Sophia museum will be converted into a mosque, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and officials from the Justice and Development Party...

Southeastern offices of human rights organization closed down

Sixteen offices of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (Mazlumder) in mainly Kurdish-populated cities were closed down on Sunday at...

MHP youth wing chairman says they will take up arms if necessary

Olcay Kılavuz, president of the Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) youth wing the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), said on Sunday that they don't want tension...

Former EU affairs minister says Turkey should approve executive presidency to avoid civil war

Disgraced former Minister of European Union Affairs Egemen Bağış said in a radio show on Saturday that citizens in Turkey should vote in favor...

Visually impaired journalist detained and released again

Visually impaired journalist Cüneyt Arat, who is facing terror charges due to his alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was detained again in...

Turkey condemns Germany for allowing Kurdish march

Amid tension between Germany and Turkey over a ban on referendum campaign rallies held by Turkish ministers, Ankara has condemned Berlin for allowing a...

FM says Europe campaigning for ‘no’ vote to stop a stronger Turkey

Commenting on an April 16 referendum for a switch to an executive presidency in Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu claimed on Saturday that European...

Septuagenarian remains in solitary confinement for months over coup charges

A seventy-year-old man from western Turkey, Ahmet Akdoğan, has been held in solitary confinement for seven months over alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Turkey’s top judicial body dismisses 202 judges, prosecutors over Gülen links

Turkey's Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) on Friday dismissed 202 judges and prosecutors over their links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which...

Erdoğan to Turks in EU: Have 5 children, you are the future of Europe

Amid strained relations with several European countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Turkish expatriates living in Europe to have at least five...

Mother with son with leukemia faces threats, insults due to Gülen links

A public prosecutor asked a mother who was arrested due to her alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement to become an informant or...

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