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Main opposition CHP’s justice congress begins in Çanakkale

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) launched a justice congress in the western province of Çanakkale, demanding the release of jailed CHP deputy...

New decree authorizes Erdoğan for prisoner swap with other countries

With dozens of foreign nationals held in Turkish prisons on political charges, a new decree issued Friday authorizes President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to swap...

[UPDATE] Prime coup suspect took 3 domestic flights after July 15: report

Adil Öksüz, the prime suspect in a failed coup in Turkey last July, took at least three domestic flights following his release in the...

Saudi Telecom frontrunner for Turkey’s Türk Telekom stake

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) is in the lead to buy 55 percent of Turkey's fixed-line operator Türk Telekom, owned by Oger Telecom, sources told...

Coup suspect staff colonel says intelligence members visited Akıncı Airbase before coup attempt

Staff Col. Ahmet Özçetin, a suspect in the July 15, 2016 coup attempt trial and former operations commander at Akıncı Airbase, which Turkish authorities...

Turkish police besiege World Heritage Site Sur, forcibly evict hundreds of Kurds

Hundreds of Kurds who live in Diyarbakır’s Sur district face imminent eviction by the Turkish government as the site will reportedly undergo reconstruction to...

Report: Interpol cancels red notice for Turkish-German author Akhanlı

German-Turkish author Doğan Akhanlı, who was detained in Spain on an Interpol red notice after the Turkish government requested its issuance, will soon return...

Gov’t-shuttered dihaber news agency says it will continue to expose the truth

The pro-Kurdish dihaber news agency, which was shut down by the most recent government decree published early Friday morning, announced that it will continue...

How to counter Erdoğan’s disinformation war from Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt There is a lack of a coherent and comprehensive strategy, if not complacency, to neutralize and fight back at the multi-billion dollar...

20,000 policemen, 6,000 judges and prosecutors to be employed

Turkey’s Justice Ministry will employ 4,000 new judges and prosecutors and 2,000 interns for judgeships and Turkey’s Security Directorate General will recruit 20,000 policemen...

German FM: Turkey will never be EU member under Erdoğan

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Thursday said Turkey will never be a member of the European Union as long as it is governed...

Turkish intelligence tied to Erdoğan by new gov’t decree

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) was tied to the presidency with two new decrees that Turkey issued on Friday morning, enabled by state...

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