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7 injured in natural gas explosion in İstanbul’s Küçükçekmece district

Seven people were injured, one of them seriously, in a natural gas explosion in the Küçükçekmece district of İstanbul on Monday. The explosion took place...

Belgian court hands down 15-year jail sentence to Erdal for Sabancı murder

A Belgian court on Monday sentenced far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) member Fehriye Erdal in absentia to 15 years in prison for the...

358 arrested, 785 detained last week over coup charges in Turkey

According to a tally by Turkeypurge.com, at least 358 people have been arrested and 785 others detained in the past eight days on charges...

Conflicting reports arrive from Koruköy, blockaded by Turkish military

Thirty-nine people have been detained, three killed and two lost in the village of Koruköy, which has been under military blockade since Feb. 11,...

HDP to apply to ECtHR for Demirtaş and Yüksekdağ

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) is preparing to apply to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on behalf of Co-chairs Selahattin Demirtaş...

20 former military officers detained over ByLock use

Twenty former Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) officers were detained on Saturday across 10 provinces over use of a smart phone application known as ByLock. The...

AKP’s Austria head says rejection of executive presidency would lead to civil war

In a video shared online the representative of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Austria Mahmut Koç says if the transition to...

Local governor detained over Gülen links

A local governor in the Hayrabolu district of Tekirdağ province was detained on Saturday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, as part of...

Dentist couple faces up to 15 years in jail over Gülen links

Dentist Ali İlker Baştan and his wife Esma Kuriş Baştan, also a dentist, face up to 15 years' imprisonment for alleged links to the...

Another woman detained while visiting imprisoned husband

N.A., a Turkish literature teacher who was left unemployed after her school was shuttered as part of post-coup emergency rule, was detained when she...

Mosque construction in İstanbul’s Taksim Square begins

Construction of a controversial mosque in İstanbul's Taksim Square began on Friday in a ceremony attended by İstanbul Mayor Kadiş Topbaş. On Feb. 6, İstanbul’s...

Gov’t-appointed mayor asks staff to vote ‘yes’ in upcoming referendum

The mayor of Diyarbakır’s Sur Municipality, who replaced a mayor from the Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) as part of a government decision in September,...

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