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Jailed activists say translators giving inaccurate info about Büyükada meeting

A group of human rights defenders who have been in jail since July 5 said translators who attended a meeting on İstanbul's Büyükada Island...

US complains to Turkey over publication of US troop locations in Syria

The publication of the locations of the US military posts in Syria by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency has endangered American troops, and the...

Germany summons Turkish ambassador over arrest of human right activists

The German Foreign Ministry has summoned Turkish Ambassador Ali Kemal Aydın over the recent arrest of human rights activists, including German citizen Peter Steudtner. According...

PM Yıldırım admits did not know identity of putschists when he blamed Gülen movement

A year after a failed coup on July 15, 2016, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said he did not know who had attempted to...

Pro-Erdoğan daily reporter expresses support for ISIL

Yılmaz Bilgen, a reporter for the Yeni Şafak daily and TV Net, staunch supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, expressed support for the...

[OPINION] ISIL takes root in the secular western provinces of Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt Jihadist cells linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have not only taken root in conservative,...

14 detained in Kırşehir and Karabük-based coup probes over ByLock use

Turkish police teams on Wednesday detained five people in Kırşehir and nine people in Karabük on accusations that they use a smart phone application...

New labor minister closes social media account containing tweets ‘criticizing Erdoğan’

After being appointed minister of labor and social security on Wednesday, Jülide Sarıeroğlu first deleted her tweets critical of Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan and...

[UPDATE] 4 more detained for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt

Turkish police on Wednesday detained four people wearing a T-shirt bearing the word "hero" in Eskişehir, Aydın and Elazığ provinces, one day after two...

Turkey reshuffles Cabinet, replaces or swaps 11 ministers

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Wednesday announced a new Cabinet list that included replacements or swaps in 11 out of 26 ministries, following...

Turkish gov’t seizes 966 companies worth TL 48.5 bln over Gülen links

The Turkish government has seized 966 companies and 4,888 of their properties, with a total value of TL 48.5 billion, over alleged links to...

Merkel condemns arrest of human rights activists in Turkey

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the arrest of six human rights activists including a German in Turkey and pledged to work for his...

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