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Gov’t appoints trustees to Van, Mardin and Siirt municipalities

Turkey's Interior Ministry has appointed trustees to the Van, Mardin and Siirt municipalities in Turkey's eastern and southeastern regions, replacing democratically elected pro-Kurdish mayors...

[UPDATE] Turkish police detain pro-Kurdish HDP mayor of eastern province of Van

Counterterrorism police raided the Van municipal offices on Thursday as part of an investigation launched by the Van Public Prosecutor's Office into members of...

ECtHR finds Turkey guilty of violating right to life in 2000 Bayrampaşa Prison operation

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Turkey guilty of violating the right to life in a violent police operation that killed...

Deputy PM asks party members to prepare for referendum on presidential system

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş told party members in Bursa on Wednesday that Turkey would soon hold a referendum on Turkey’s switch to...

Erdoğan visits Pakistan as Turkish teachers at Pak-Turk schools ordered to leave country

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday evening for a two-day visit, a day after the Pakistani government asked teachers who...

[VIDEO] AKP, CHP deputies almost come to blows over Israel on TV show

A debate on Turkish-Israeli relations on a Wednesday evening TV show almost turned into a fistfight between main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul...

[UPDATE] European Parliament delays visit over disagreement with Turkey

The European Parliament released a press statement on Wednesday announcing a delay in the scheduled visit to Turkey of leading members due to a...

Father of football star Şükür denied food for days, loses 40 kg in prison

The father of former Turkish football legend Hakan Şükür, Selmet Şükür, who was arrested on Aug. 12 in an investigation into a failed coup...

[UPDATE] Siirt Co-mayor Bakırhan arrested, two other co-mayors detained

Siirt Co-mayor from the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Tuncer Bakırhan, who was detained on Wednesday morning along with two other Kurdish mayors, was arrested...

16 people including Islamic scholar Gülen’s cousin detained in İzmir

Sixteen people, including one of the cousins of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, were detained in the western province of İzmir on Wednesday as...

[OPINION] How Erdoğan family controls finance and economy in Turkey (2)

By Abdullah Bozkurt The keystone in the massive dragnet set up by the corrupt president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to rob the nation’s wealth is Prime...

Court releases jailed HDP Co-chair Demirtaş’s lawyer on probation

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş's lawyer Levent Pişkin, who was detained on Monday after visiting the HDP co-chair in prison, was...

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