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Turkish minister’s sister to be appointed as ambassador to Kuwait

Ayşe Hilal Sayan Koytak, the sister of Turkish Minister of Family and Social Policy Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya and an adviser to the prime...

[VIDEO] Pro-gov’t journalist admits MİT abducted, illegally questioned Gülen followers

Abdurrahman Şimşek, Sabah's special editor for intelligence reporting, admitted on Friday that Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) abducted several people who have links to...

Turkey’s top judicial body reshuffles 110 judges, prosecutors

Turkey's top judicial authority, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), has transferred 110 judges and prosecutors working in military and other courts in...

Ex-British soldier detained in Turkey for pro-YPG Facebook posts

Joe Robinson, a former British soldier who fought against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection...

Request by CHP deputies to visit jailed hunger strikers remains unanswered

A main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy told the Cumhuriyet daily that a request by fellow party members to visit two jailed hunger...

Top judicial body instructs judges to arrest more Gülen supporters: report

According to a document that the Kronos news website published on Saturday, Turkey’s top judicial body, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), sent...

Erdoğan blinked. Turn up the heat on Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt Turkey’s strongman president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blinked in the face possible economic sanctions when he saw that Germany means business by finally...

Görmez story creates more questions about July 15

A new revelation about a meeting between Mehmet Görmez, the director of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), and Hakan Fidan, National Intelligence Organization (MİT)...

[VIDEO] 7 of 12 jailed Cumhuriyet journalists released pending trial

An İstanbul court on Friday released seven journalists and continued the pretrial detention of five others who were jailed as part of an investigation...

Former football player detained over ByLock use in İstanbul

Turkish police have detained former Başakşehir and Fenerbahçe football player Bekir İrtegün over the alleged use of a smart phone application known as ByLock,...

Gül says journalists on trial should not be in pretrial detention

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül said journalists who stand trial should not be put under pretrial detention, in response to reporters’ questions on Friday...

Kyrgyz president: Those calling Turkish teachers terrorists should see a doctor

Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has said those who view as terrorists teachers working at the Gülen-linked SAPAT educational institutions in the country need treatment...

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