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Jailed Diyarbakır Co-mayor Kışanak faces 230-year prison sentence

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office is seeking 230 years in prison for Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak, who was removed from her post and...

Erdoğan says Turkey entered Syria to end Assad’s rule

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that an operation Turkey launched in Syria in August with the help of Syrian rebels was...

[UPDATE] Panic in Silivri Prison as inmate sets himself on fire

At a time when reports are circulating about government plans to stage riots in Turkey’s prisons to eliminate political prisoners, panic broke out over...

MHP leader says party fully supports extension of emergency rule

Leader of Turkey's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli has said his party fully backs the extension of emergency rule, which went into effect...

Union says 2,504 engineers, architects sacked by gov’t decrees over links to failed coup

The Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) stated on Monday that 2,054 engineers and architects in total have been dismissed from...

AKP deputy says constitutional amendment to be proposed within 15 days

Mustafa Şentop, head of the parliamentary Constitution Commission and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy, said on Monday that the AKP would...

Another mayor, 2 politicians from pro-Kurdish DBP arrested in eastern Muş province

A court in Turkey’s eastern Muş province on Monday arrested three politicians from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), including Malazgirt District Mayor Halis...

1 village guard killed, 1 wounded in PKK attack in Diyarbakır

The terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Monday night attacked security personnel patrolling the Silvan district of Diyarbakır province, killing one village guard and...

12 more private companies seized in small Turkish town of Turgutlu

The state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) seized 12 more companies in the small town of Turgutlu in western Manisa province on Monday, bringing...

Indictment for assassination attempt on Erdoğan accepted by court

A Muğla court has accepted an indictment concerning a failed coup in Turkey on July 15 that accuses 47 people, including 37 members of...

[OPINION] Erdoğan responsible for bloodshed in Libya

By Abdullah Bozkurt There is enough evidence to conclude that Turkey’s Islamist rulers got their hands bloodied fanning the civil war in Libya by arming...

Turkish gov’t may remove children from foster families who backed coup

An official from Turkey's Ministry of Family and Social Policy has said authorities are investigating foster families for suspected ties to a failed coup...

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