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Villagers threatened with cut in agricultural subsidies if they vote ‘no’ in referendum

A district governor in the Tutak district of the eastern province of Ağrı has threatened to cut off agricultural subsidies granted to the residents...

15-year sentence sought for MİT truck prosecutor on terror charges

An indictment prepared by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office seeks a jail sentence of between seven-and-a-half and 15 years for former prosecutor Aziz...

Turkey launches operations against ISIL after its call for attacks on polling stations

Twenty-three suspected members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were detained while 10 others were arrested in operations across four...

Erdoğan admits to being behind arrests of thousands in post-coup purge

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government and himself are behind the arrests of thousands of people...

ECtHR to take up Cumhuriyet journalists’ cases on priority basis

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to examine on a priority basis applications filed by jailed journalists and executives from the...

Turkish columnist faces life sentences for columns he didn’t write

Turkish lawyer, journalist and human rights activist Orhan Kemal Cengiz is facing three consecutive life sentences on coup charges along with 29 other Zaman...

Novelist Şafak on referendum: Democracy or almost absolute monopoly of power

Famed Turkish author Elif Şafak has said Turkey is at a crossroads and that this weekend’s referendum on a switch to an executive presidency...

Erdoğan targets West: Some haven’t forgotten the pain of losing İstanbul

Continuing to target the West during his nonstop “yes” campaign ahead of an April 16 referendum on a switch to an executive presidency, President...

Turkish official says suspect in Russia metro bombing was deported from Turkey

A senior Turkish official said Akbarzhon Jalilov, the man Russian police suspect of blowing up a St. Petersburg metro car, entered Turkey in late...

Turkey completes 556 kilometer wall on border with Syria

Turkey on Tuesday declared that 556 kilometer (345,4 miles) wall on border with Syria was completed. According to a statement by Turkish Defense Ministry, the...

Russia says Turkey must leave confirming use of chemical weapons in Syria to OPCW

Russia said on Wednesday that Turkey must leave confirmation of the use of chemical weapons in Syria's Idlib province last week to the Organization...

Erdoğan says Turkey should reinstate death penalty after referendum

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that the government should take reinstatement of capital punishment to Parliament for passage after an upcoming...

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