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AKP politician: If we cannot win 50 pct, get ready for civil war

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) local branch representative said if the party cannot get the support of 50 percent of the people...

Jailed journalist Şık says government has embraced junta regime agenda

Imprisoned Cumhuriyet daily reporter Ahmet Şık said in a hearing on Wednesday that the government has embraced the agenda of a junta regime. The trial...

Couple names baby to show support for executive presidency

A Diyarbakır couple has named their baby girl "Evet," which means "yes" in Turkish, to display their support for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...

Erdoğan’s former chief military aide arrested again over coup charges

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's former chief military aide, Staff Col. Bekir Furkan Özdaban, who was released from prison on judicial probation last week, was...

HDP deputy Encü released from jail

Ferhat Encü, one of 12 pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who were arrested in late 2016, has been released from jail. Encü was arrested...

Interior minister says there are 3.5 million refugees in Turkey

Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced that there are 3,551,078 refugees in Turkey based on data from Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency...

EU urges Turkey to ensure fair electoral process after firing of TV presenter

The European Union has urged Turkey to maintain a fair and inclusive election environment after a TV presenter was recently fired from his job...

German police raid apartments of 4 DİTİB imams suspected of spying

German police teams on Wednesday morning raided the apartments of four Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) imams in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate who...

13 academics arrested in Kayseri over ByLock use

Thirteen academics from Erciyes University were arrested in an operation in the central province of Kayseri on Wednesday that targeted alleged followers of the...

Turkish jobless rate hits 12.1 pct, highest since March 2010

Turkey’s unemployment rate rose from 10.5 percent to 12.1 percent year-on-year in November 2016, the highest figure since March 2010, when it was recorded...

[VIDEO] Angry about gov’t pressure on dissent, US-based theologian asks ‘Do you consider Erdoğan to be God?’

Sacit Arvasi, a US-based Turkish theologian whose religious sermons are widely popular among his Facebook followers, blasted pro-government circles for misleading people about religion...

Perinçek says Homeland Party informed pro-gov’t daily about coup attempt the day before

Ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) Chairman Doğu Perinçek said on Tuesday that party officials had informed the pro-government Yeni Şafak daily about a possible coup...

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