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Turkish gov’t seizes farmer’s 5 cows in post-coup crackdown

Ali Vuran, a former civil servant who was dismissed from the Diyarbakir Municipality in a crackdown launched by the Turkish government following a failed...

Report: Turkey angered by US-led coalition setting up Syrian border force

The US-led Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS is working with its Syrian militia allies to set up a new border force of 30,000 personnel,...

Plane skids off Trabzon runway, plunges down cliff to water’s edge

A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the Black...

Der Spiegel Twitter account hacked, posting pro-Turkey message

The Twitter account of Klaus Brinkbäumer, editor-in-chief of the German magazine Der Spiegel, was hacked late on Saturday and used to post a pro-Turkey message, Deutsche...

PKK kills 1 soldier as Erdoğan promises more operations in Afrin

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed one soldier in an attack in Hakkari province on Sunday as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan promised...

More cities ban theater play ‘Just Dictator’

"Just Dictator," a play starring critical actor Barış Atay, was not allowed to be performed in Hopa following a ban in the provincial city...

Turkey hits Afrin following Erdoğan’s Syria remarks

Turkish security forces on Saturday hit several Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) targets in the Afrin area of Syria following remarks made by Turkish...

Jailed police chiefs who led 2013 corruption ops taken to police HQ

Jailed police chiefs who led corruption operations against the government in 2013 were taken to Istanbul police headquarters on Saturday over the testimony of...

Int’l NGOs slam lower courts’ failure to free jailed journalists Altan, Alpay

PEN International, ARTICLE 19, the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), Human Rights Watch, the Index on...

HDP Co-chairman Demirtaş makes first appearance in court in 14 months

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş made his first appearance in court today as part of a trial in which he is charged...

EU’s Juncker: No progress on Turkey ties while Turkish journalists jailed

The European Union and Turkey will see no progress in their relations as long as Turkey holds journalists in prison, European Commission President Jean-Claude...

EP members issue statement criticizing lower court refusal to release Altan, Alpay

Rebecca Harms, together with other Members of the European Parliament and of the EP-Turkey Forum, on Friday issued a statement concerning the refusal of local...

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