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18 ISIL suspects detained in simultaneous police raids in İstanbul

Eighteen suspects who allegedly have links with the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were arrested in simultaneous police operations in...

66,000 students forced to relocate after 15 Turkish universities shut down over Gülen links

The Turkish government has since last summer closed down 15 universities across the country over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, forcing...

[UPDATE] Man refused permission by prosecutor to attend daughter’s funeral

The father of a 21-year-old university student who died after jumping off a balcony due to depression over her father’s imprisonment has been denied...

10 sentenced to 11 months in jail for insulting Erdoğan

Ten people, including three members of the Turkish Communist Party (TKP), were sentenced to 11 months, 20 days in prison for allegedly insulting President...

HRW: 18 Gülen supporters tortured, sentenced in unfair Turkmen trial

A Turkmen court sentenced 18 men to up to 25 years in prison on Feb. 8, 2017, in what appears to be a purge...

UN concerned over Greece’s alleged deportation of Turkish asylum seekers

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a statement on Thursday that the agency is deeply concerned by continued reports about...

Tillerson to travel to Turkey in July to attend 22nd World Petroleum Congress

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to İstanbul in July to attend the 22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC), according to a statement...

Court releases former deputy PM’s son-in-law arrested over Gülen links

Ekrem Yeter, the son-in-law of former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, who was arrested by a court after his detention in Ankara on June...

Qatar FM: Turkish troops are coming for security of Gulf region

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Thursday that the deployment of Turkish troops to the embattled Gulf country would serve the...

EU expresses concern about detention of Amnesty’s Kılıç

The European Union on Thursday expressed concern about the recent detention of Taner Kılıç, the chair of Amnesty International Turkey, as part of a...

HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ sentenced to one year in prison on insult charges

Co-Chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ has been handed down a prison sentence of one year for "publicly insulting the...

20 former public bank employees detained over ByLock use

Detention warrants were issued on Thursday for 20 people who used to work at public banks but were suspended or expelled from their posts...

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