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Three more social media users arrested for insulting Erdoğan

An Ankara court has ruled for the arrest of A.Ş., A.K. and N.K. for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, according...

Turkey’s first headscarved military pilot is on her way

Twenty-three-year-old Merve Gürbüz is the first headscarved woman to be admitted to the training program of the Air Forces Academy in Turkey. The pro-government Yeni...

28 military officers detained in anti-Gülen operations

Twenty-eight military officers were detained on Monday as part of ongoing operations targeting the followers of the faith-based Gülen movement due to their use...

Court rejects indictment against fashion designer due to lack of credible evidence

An İstanbul court has rejected an indictment against fashion designer Barbaros Şansal that sought a jail term of up to three years on the...

Turkish military to enlist 30,000 new personnel after purge

Amid criticism that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is pushing the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) away from NATO, Defense Minister Fikri Işık...

Minister says 90-95 percent of nation says ‘yes’ to executive presidency

Turkish Minister of Development Lütfi Elvan has said as much as 90 to 95 percent of the Turkish nation approves of a constitutional reform...

MHP’s Bahçeli calls emergency party meeting

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli on Saturday called an emergency party meeting as Turkey gets ready to vote in a referendum on...

Report: 2 Syrian refugees registered as voters in Batman

Two Syrian refugees are registered as voters in the southeastern city of Batman, the Evrensel daily reported. According to the report, Mehmet Karabaş came across...

Academic sentenced to 11 months in jail for insulting Erdoğan

Suay Karaman, an academic at the Ankara-based Gazi University and the general secretary of the Association of Academic Staff (TÜMÖD), was sentenced on Friday...

Turkey detains 2 more nephews of US-based scholar Fethullah Gülen

A total of 16 suspects including two nephews of US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen were detained on Friday as part of an investigation into...

Ex-businessman purge victim detained over Gülen links while working in restaurant

Once one of the partners of the İzmir-based private FEM preparation schools, A.D. was detained while working as a takeout packer at a grill...

[UPDATE] CHP’s Türkmen resigns from parliamentary post over high official postage bills

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Elif Doğan Türkmen resigned on Saturday from Parliament’s Presidential Council after mounting reactions over her high official...

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