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General staff responds to criticisms about closeness to government

Turkey's General Staff has responded to widespread claims suggesting that it is too close to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and is...

Interior minister defends torture in prison, says Kurdish man was linked to terrorist activities

Turkey’s Interior Minister’s Süleyman Soylu has defended the treatment of Abdi Aykut, a Kurdish man who was alleged to have been tortured while in...

İHD report says several families cannot reach their children in blockaded Koruköy

A report by Turkey's Human Rights Association (İHD) shows that several families cannot reach their children in the village of Koruköy in southeastern Mardin...

Over 125K sign petition urging Merkel to push Turkey for freedom of expression

More than 125,000 people in Germany signed a petition that urges German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the EU Commission to adopt a clear and...

Bus steward questioned by police for laying newspaper with Erdoğan photo on floor

A bus steward on a coach traveling from Adana to Ankara was briefly questioned by police after a passenger complained about him putting a...

World media groups to call on Turkish gov’t to free jailed journalists at İstanbul meeting

The world's leading media organizations, including the International Press Institute (IPI), PEN International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Association of European Journalists (AEJ), Article...

CSOs concerned about de facto closure of HDP

Civil society organizations have expressed concern about the de facto closure of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Cumhuriyet reported on Friday. According to the report,...

Turkish FM says operation in Raqqa is being planned

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday that an operation against the so-called capital of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

Ankara mayor reiterates that regular citizens are armed

Mayor of Ankara Melih Gökçek wrote from his Twitter account on Thursday that regular citizens are armed and that a new coup attempt would...

Erdoğan’s son sells tankers for $75 million

The BMZ Group, owned by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son, brother and brother-in-law, has sold five tankers for $75 million. Maritime news website Deniz Haber...

Europe’s human rights court to evaluate Altan brothers’ plea

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to evaluate the application of imprisoned authors and journalists Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan, citing...

Court releases young pianist arrested for insulting Erdoğan

Turkish pianist Dengin Ceyhan, who was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in social media posts, was released from jail...

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