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Justice minister says 36,000 arrested over Gülen links so far

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has announced that a total of 36,000 people have been arrested so far in ongoing operations targeting alleged members...

Council of Europe’s Jagland in Ankara amid Turkish crackdown on opposition

At a time when the Turkish government has attracted widespread criticism for its recent crackdown on an opposition party and an opposition newspaper, Council...

[UPDATE] Trustee among 3 injured in explosion near Derik district governor’s house

Three people including a district governor who was appointed as a trustee to the Derik Municipality in September were injured in an explosion near...

28 staff members at İnönü University detained over alleged Gülen links

Twenty-eight staff members from İnönü University in Malatya have been detained as part of ongoing operations against alleged members of the faith-based Gülen movement. The...

Another ‘coup suspect’ found dead in Turkish prison, bringing total to 21

Burak Açıkalın, an engineer who was dismissed from Turkey’s Directorate of Intelligence and arrested following a failed coup on July 15 due to alleged...

RSF calls on Germany to grant visas, residence, work permits to Turkish journalists

Christian Mihr, director of Reporters Without Borders Germany, has called on the German government to grant visas and residence permits to Turkish journalists who...

2 more journalists detained for ‘insulting’ Turkey’s President Erdoğan

A Turkish journalist was arrested on Tuesday night for allegedly “insulting” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, while another was arrested on the same day on...

Ties strained as Turkish FM admits keeping German counterpart waiting on phone

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has admitted that he twice refused to take a call from German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Nov. 8....

German police conduct massive operations targeting Turkish nationalist group

Nearly 1,500 German police across six states in Germany carried out raids targeting members of Ottoman Germania, a Turkish nationalist “boxing” gang after it...

EU report expresses concern about purge against Gülen movement

The progress report on Turkey that was issued on Wednesday by the European Commission expressed concern over the Turkish government's purge against Gülen movement...

Turkey’s Erdoğan congratulates US President-elect Donald Trump

Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump during a phone call on Wednesday and discussed improving relations and cooperating in fighting terrorism,...

[UPDATE] EP Rapporteur Piri: EU should immediately freeze talks with Turkey

  After the European Commission presented its enlargement report including the annual Turkey report on Wednesday, European Parliament (EP) Turkey Rapporteur Kati Piri said the...

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