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After ISIL claims Diyarbakır attack, Turkey insists it was PKK

Following the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claiming responsibility for a deadly car bomb attack on a police station on Friday,...

Cumhuriyet columnist claims Balbay, Coşkun behind crackdown on paper

As nine Cumhuriyet columnists and executives were being arrested on Saturday on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda, a senior columnist at the daily argued...

Trustee appointed to Kurdish municipality of Şırnak

The Ministry of Interior Affairs appointed a trustee to the Şırnak Municipality on Saturday after the removal of the elected mayor on allegations of...

Main opposition leader calls party for emergency meeting after Cumhuriyet arrests

The chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, called his party’s Central Executive Board (MYK) for an emergency meeting on...

[UPDATE] Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Sabuncu and 8 others from daily arrested

Nine journalists and executives from the Cumhuriyet daily, including its Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu, were arrested by the İstanbul 9th Penal Court of Peace on...

The Economist: Goodbye, ‘Republic’

The editorial board of the London-based Economist magazine said in a piece on Saturday that the recent crackdown on Turkey's secularist Cumhuriyet daily is...

Released Cumhuriyet columnist: I have never seen such immoral accusations

Aydın Engin, a columnist for the Cumhuriyet daily who was released on Friday evening after spending four days in police custody, said he has...

EU’s Greens: Recent arrests a coup by Erdoğan and government against lawful opposition

Rebecca Harms, the president of Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) group in the European Parliament, reacted against the recent arrests of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP)...

Erdoğan’s speech to nation displayed on giant shopping mall screen

A live broadcast on a pro-government TV station showing Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan addressing the nation was displayed on a giant screen on the...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş put in Edirne Prison after police detain him in Diyarbakır

Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chair of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was taken to Edirne Prison in northwestern Turkey after a Diyarbakır court ruled for his...

ISIL claims responsibility for car bomb in Turkish city of Diyarbakır

The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group claimed responsibility for a car bomb in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakır...

Turkish police chief says don’t hesitate to shoot Kurdish protesters

Newly emerged video footage shows the moment a Turkish police chief orders his subordinates to use guns against Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) members who have...

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