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Kılıçdaroğlu challenges Erdoğan to discuss failed coup in TV debate

Main opposition Republican People's Part (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday challenged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss a controversial attempted coup in...

Turkish PM Yıldırım to Juncker: EU needs Turkey more than Turkey needs EU

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Tuesday that the EU needs Turkey more than Turkey needs the EU while responding to remarks made...

Uşak governor appointed as trustee for 29 companies seized by gov’t over Gülen links

A court has appointed Uşak Governor Salim Demir as trustee for 29 companies that were transferred to the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) due...

Education minister says evolution is out, concept of jihad is in new curriculum in Turkey

Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz has said a new national school curriculum will exclude evolution theory but will include the concept of jihad, or...

Purge victim detained when he objects to dismissal at state of emergency bureau

O.K., a teacher who was previously purged from his job by a government decree after a failed coup in 2016, was detained when he...

2 university students detained for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt

Turkish police on Tuesday detained two university students for wearing a T-shirt bearing the word “hero” in Erzurum province's Yakutiye district, the t24 news...

13 lawyers given prison sentences of up to 12 years due to Gülen links

An Eskişehir court has handed down prison sentences varying between 45 months and 12 years to 13 lawyers on charges of membership in the...

Deputy PM: 111,240 civil servants dismissed since coup attempt

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has announced that 111,240 civil servants have been dismissed from their jobs since a botched coup attempt on...

CHP to consider Erdoğan’s proposal about special uniforms for coup suspects

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Engin Altay has said his party will consider a proposal from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about special...

BIA report: 142 aggravated life sentences sought for 301 journalists in Turkey

A recently released quarterly report, the BIA Media Monitoring Report, has revealed that 136 journalists were in Turkish jails as of July 1 while...

İstanbul court arrests 6 rights activists including Amnesty Turkey director

Six human rights activists, including Amnesty International’s (AI) Turkey director İdil Eser, who were detained on July 5 during a workshop at a hotel...

Deputy PM says 966 companies, 4,888 properties seized from Gülen people

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş said on Monday that the government has seized 966 companies from people allegedly linked to the Gülen movement...

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