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Purge victim teacher sells traditional çiğ köfte to earn living

Abdullah Korkmaz, a teacher of 18 years, now works for a traditional çiğ köfte vendor in order to make a living. Graduating from Malatya İnönü...

Gov’t removes evolution theory from new school curriculum

Turkey's Education Ministry has removed a chapter on the theory of evolution from a textbook for 12th graders, according to a newly announced curriculum...

Man who killed uncle says he was leader of ‘FETÖ’

A 36-year-old man, Ramazan Kabaağaç, who killed his 69-year-old uncle, Ahmet Kahya, in a public market in Antalya last year, has said in his...

Arrested professor Gözaydın denies secret witness testimony about her appointment

Prominent professor and social scientist İştar Gözaydın, who was arrested on charges of alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in late December, has...

Trustees appointed to 2 more companies in Sakarya in post-coup crackdown

Trustees were appointed on Thursday to two companies in Sakarya province due to their alleged ties to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses...

55 women detained over using ByLock app

Fifty-five women out of 73 for whom the İstanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants were detained by police on Friday for using...

Turkey bans books from outside in prisons other than Quran

Turkey's Justice Ministry banned newspapers and books from outside except for the Quran for prisoners as of Jan. 9, according to a tweet from...

Prominent businessman Verdal Hosta detained over Gülen links

Turkish police have detained prominent Turkish businessman Verdal Hosta as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged followers of the Gülen movement, the Habertürk...

[OPINION] Turkey named and shamed by Open Government Partnership

Abdullah Bozkurt Who could have known that Turkey, touted as a secular and democratic Muslim nation with a vibrant civil society in 2011, when the...

IPI slams Turkish justice minister for calling imprisoned journalists ‘criminals’

In a strong statement issued on Friday, the International Press Institute (IPI) called recent remarks of Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ about imprisoned journalists...

Report: 89 Turkish citizens sought asylum in Norway in 2016

A Norwegian newspaper reported on Friday that 89 Turkish citizens had applied for asylum in Norway in 2016, including military officers and diplomats, saying...

2 Doğan Holding executives released on judicial probation

The chief legal advisor and the former chief executive of Turkey’s largest media conglomerate, Doğan Holding, who were detained in police raids on Jan....

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