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Ministry: 94,000 fired, 30,000 suspended from state posts over Gülen links since July 15

Turkey's Ministry of Labor and Social Security announced on Tuesday that a total of 94,867 people have been fired while 30,618 others have been...

Prominent Turkish journalist Tayfun Talipoğlu dies at 55

Tayfun Talipoğlu, a prominent journalist and TV commentator known for his travel TV programs, died after falling ill at home in İzmir on Tuesday. According...

EU’s Hahn says Turkey joining EU ‘unrealistic’ under Erdoğan

Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, has said the prospect of Turkey joining the EU is becoming “more and...

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,...

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