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İstanbul wakes up to foggy weather

A traditional passenger ferry traveling through fog on the Bosporus on Saturday in Istanbul.

Talk show host who mocked Erdoğan’s favorite soap opera fired

Talk show host Okan Bayülgen, who during an awards ceremony mocked a soap opera that was one of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's favorites, has...

3 more Kurdish mayors arrested on terror charges

Five local politicians from Turkey’s eastern province of Bitlis were arrested on terrorism charges on Friday. Among the arrestees are Bitlis Co-mayors Hüseyin Olan and...

Decree reinstates 6,007 teachers purged following coup attempt

A total of 6,007 teachers who were fired from their jobs in state schools following a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15...

EU expresses commitment to migration deal in response to Erdoğan’s threat

Following a threat made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to open Turkish borders to allow refugees into Europe after the European Parliament voted in...

Fired academic detained for 15th time after protest

  A Turkish academic who was dismissed from her position as part of a government purge following a failed coup on July 15 was detained...

Turkey loses 5 soldiers during clashes in Syria in two days  

One Turkish soldier was killed and five others were injured in clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in northern...

UN torture rapporteur Melzer to visit Turkish prisons next week

United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer will be in Turkey from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2 at the invitation of the Turkish government where...

60K teachers purged over coup charges, yet Turkey celebrates another Teachers Day

Turkey celebrated this year’s Teachers Day with grief since around 60,000 teachers have been the victims of a purge launched by the Justice and...

Court releases Fi Yapı construction owner arrested over Gülen links

Businessman Fikret İnan, the owner of the Fi Yapı construction firm who was arrested in August as part of an operation against alleged followers...

8th body retrieved from mine collapse in Siirt, search continues for 8 missing

Search and rescue teams on Thursday retrieved the body of an eighth miner from a copper mine that collapsed in the province of Siirt...

PM Yıldırım says Turkey will retaliate against Syria

Ankara has declared that it will retaliate against the Syrian regime, which killed three Turkish soldiers who were fighting the Islamic State in Iraq...

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