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617 detained in one week over Gülen movement links

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 617 people have been detained in one week due to alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Turkey to hire 110,000 civil servants in 2018

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced on Sunday that the government is planning to hire 110,000 civil servants in 2018, Reuters reported. Among the total...

Following colleague Yazıcı, columnist Türköne also put in solitary confinement

After jailed media designer Fevzi Yazıcı was put in solitary confinement for refusing to admit to involvement with a fake document, veteran journalist and political...

Turkish gov’t extends immunity to civilians for coup and terror crimes

The Turkish government on Sunday by way of a new state of emergency decree granted immunity to civilians who take action to prevent coup...

Erdoğan defends prison jumpsuits by citing Guantanamo

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday defended a state of emergency decree that stipulates all convicts and suspects under arrest for alleged crimes...

Turkish gov’t to require prison jumpsuits for terror suspects, convicts

All convicts and suspects in pretrial detention for crimes against the constitutional order are now required to wear jumpsuits identifying their alleged wrongdoing, according...

US court drops charges against 4 Turks in attack on Washington demonstrators

A US judge has dismissed charges against four of 19 defendants charged with attacking protesters outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C., during...

Turkish gov’t dismisses over 2,700 with new state of emergency decree

The Turkish government on Sunday morning dismissed 2,756 personnel from state institutions, including 105 academics from various universities, and also shuttered seven associations, seven...

Turkish teacher with newborn baby to serve 15 months for praising terrorism

Ayşe Çelik, a Turkish teacher who was sentenced to one year, three months in prison for praising terrorism and a terrorist organization in 2016,...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s next and final act in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s spoiler game card wore out its usefulness when Turkey’s allies and partners bungled a series of initiatives undertaken...

Court gives pro-Kurdish news editor suspended sentence on terrorism charges

Pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency editor Mehmet Ali Ertaş was handed down a 15-month suspended sentence on terrorism charges on Friday, according to local media. A Diyarbakir...

Israeli police arrest 3 Turks at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque

Three Turkish citizens were arrested by Israeli police on Friday when they attempted to attend prayers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, the state-owned Anadolu news...

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