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3 more journalists detained for disseminating Gülenist propaganda

Journalists Atilla Taş, Mutlu Çölgeçen and Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu were detained on Wednesday over alleged propaganda for the Gülen movement, which the government accuses...

Pro-gov’t columnist: Turkish state must assassinate Gülen

Fatih Tezcan, a pro-government public speaker and columnist, said in a video he posted on social media that he is sure the Turkish state...

Writer Alpay arrested for membership in terrorist organization

As part of an investigation launched into the Özgür Gündem daily, publishing consultant board member, linguist and writer Necmiye Alpay was arrested by an...

Demirtaş’s Urfa meeting cancelled over security concerns

An anti-coup meeting that was planned in Şanlıurfa on Saturday and expected to be attended by Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has...

Erdoğan: Gülenists aim to take control of world

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has renewed his call to the people to inform authorities about followers of Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and said...

Court denies appeal for journalists’ release, claiming ‘no evidence of innocence’

  An İstanbul court has rejected an appeal submitted by columnists who wrote for the Zaman daily, which was shut down by the government in...

Minister calls on Kılıçdaroğlu to attend ceremony at palace

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has strongly criticized main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) Chairman...

Turkey unlikely to join EU while Erdoğan remains in power

Turkey is unlikely join the European Union while Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remains in power, Germany's EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Günther Oettinger...

CPJ’s Turkey blog: Failed coup speeds Turkey crackdown

By Özgür Öğret Police raid newspaper offices, detain at least 23 employees Police in the southeastern Turkish city Diyarbakır yesterday raided the main office of the...

First police officer in a headscarf makes public appearance in İstanbul

Following the Turkish government’s abolishment of a ban that prohibited female police officers from wearing an Islamic headscarf while on duty, a female police...

Driver killed while trying to take selfie on new Bosporus bridge

A truck driver was killed and three other people were injured on Tuesday in an accident on the newly opened Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge...

US warns citizens of terrorist threats in Turkey

The US Embassy in Ankara released a security message for citizens from the State Department on its website concerning an increased threat from terrorist...

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