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Turkey to build 175 prisons in 2017 as existing facilities overcrowded

Amid massive detentions and arrests following a failed coup on July 15, Turkey will build 175 new prisons in 2017, according to a statement...

Human Rights Watch detects child soldiers within PKK

The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to stop recruiting child soldiers and to punish commanders...

Kılıçdaroğlu’s advisor arrested over alleged Gülen links

An İstanbul court on Thursday arrested Fatih Gürsul, an advisor to main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, on charges of using...

Turkey to shut down Yol TV for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

Turkey’s media monitoring institution, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has decided to shut down Yol TV for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip...

Putin attends funeral of slain ambassador to Turkey

  The Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, who was assassinated by a Turkish police officer on Monday, was laid to rest on Thursday in...

[Update] Number of soldiers killed in ISIL attacks in Syria’s al-Bab rises to 16

The number of soldiers who have died as a result of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attacks in Syria’s al-Bab region...

Turkish court rules to seize assets of 54 journalists over Gülen links

A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the seizure of all assets of 54 journalists over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. The decision...

AKP official says nation consoled by arrest of HDP deputies in wake of attacks

Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy chairman and spokesperson Yasin Aktay has said the Turkish nation finds some comfort in the arrest of more...

Turkey recalls spying religious attaché from Netherlands

The Turkish government has recalled Yusuf Acar, the religious attaché of the Turkish government in the Netherlands, who recently admitted to spying on followers...

8 including Uşak University rector detained over Gülen links

Eight people including the rector of Uşak University, Professor Sait Çelik, have been detained as part of an investigation targeting alleged followers of the...

Police release 6 detained in connection to murder of Russian envoy

Six people who were detained in relation to the murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov on Monday were released on Thursday. A 22-year-old...

Erdoğan hosts Aleppo child Bana as Turkey aligns with Russia on Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday hosted a 7-year-old Syrian girl, Bana al-Abed, whose mother ran a Twitter account in her name about...

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