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43 people detained in anti-ISIL operation in Konya released

Forty-three people who were detained for alleged links to the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the central Turkish province...

Police detain co-mayor of eastern Ağrı province

Turkish police on Thursday detained the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-mayor of eastern Ağrı province, Mukaddes Kubilay. As part of police operations in İzmir...

Another 2 judges, 1 prosecutor jailed over links to failed coup

Two judges and one public prosecutor have been arrested in Sakarya as part of an investigation targeting the Gülen movement, which President Recep Tayyip...

Hamas’s Mashaal to speak in Istanbul

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal will deliver a speech at a program organized by the pro-government Yedi Hilal (Seven Crescent) organization on Dec. 25 in...

Detention warrant issued for exiled journalist Can Dündar

An İstanbul court has issued a detention warrant for former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet daily and exiled journalist Can Dündar to compel his testimony...

Removal of Atatürk statue in Rize attracts criticism

Representatives from the Atatürkist Thought Association (ADD) and main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) have criticized the removal of a statue of Mustafa Kemal...

Syrian columnist Mahalli taken to hospital for further treatment

Critical Syrian columnist Hüsnü Mahalli, who was detained on Dec. 12 night after pro-government media targeted him for his stance on the Syrian war, was...

Pro-Kurdish ANF news agency director Maxime Demiralp arrested in Belgium

Fırat News Agency (ANF) director Maxime Demiralp, who was taken into custody in Brussels on Dec. 16, was arrested by a Belgian court the...

62 more teachers dismissed over alleged coup involvement in İzmir

Turkey’s Education Ministry has permanently dismissed a total of 62 teachers due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to several Turkish media...

Kremlin says too early to say who is behind Ankara envoy’s killing

The Kremlin said on Wednesday it was too early to say who masterminded the murder of Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, who was...

Protestant pastor arrested in Turkey ‘jailed with ISIL fighters’

Andrew Craig Brunson, an American pastor of a Protestant church in İzmir who was arrested on Dec. 9 on charges of links to a...

Turkey opens underwater tunnel linking Europe to Asia

A major underwater tunnel linking İstanbul’s European and Asian sides was opened Tuesday by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. The Avrasya...

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