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13,000 suspended, 44 arrested, 93 detained over coup charges on Monday

A huge cleansing of Turkey’s state and other institutions is continuing as people from all walks of life find themselves being hunted down and...

Turkish intelligence agency to be attached to President’s Office, report says

The Turkish government is working to restructure the country’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT), planning to detach it from the Prime Minister’s Office and attach...

One-third of Turkish journalists lose jobs as gov’t tightens grip over media

The number of journalists in Turkey who have lost their jobs since a July 15 attempted coup has reached 3,000, bringing the total number...

US accuses Russia of not sticking to commitments, suspends Syria cease-fire talks

The United States on Monday suspended talks with Russia on implementing a cease-fire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not sticking to its...

Turkish police display books, CDs as evidence of terror in post-coup probes

Police in Muğla’s Ortaca district have joined their colleagues elsewhere in Turkey to display seized copies of books written by Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen...

2 Turkish soldiers out of 8 who fled to Greece reapply for political asylum

Two members of the Turkish army out of eight who fled to Greece in a helicopter after a failed coup attempt on July 15...

Turkey suspends 12,801 police officers in latest purge

Turkey’s National Police Department announced late on Monday that it has suspended 12,801 more police officers, including many police chiefs, across 81 provinces over...

Islamic scholar Gülen dismisses accusations of a second coup

US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen has dismissed media talk about a second coup attempt and allegations of the involvement of his followers in...

Turkish court paves way for controversial mining project

A regional administrative court in Rize on Monday dismissed a petition from lawyers for residents and environmental organizations to suspend the construction of a...

Police detain 4 suspects in Gaziantep over links to ISIL

Turkish special forces and counterterrorism units raided three locations in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, detaining four suspects over links to the terrorist Islamic...

Opposition criticizes 3-month extension of state of emergency

Following an announcement by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government extending for three months a state of emergency put into effect in Turkey...

Turkish government extends state of emergency for another 3 months

The state of emergency will be extended for three months starting from Oct. 19, said Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş following the weekly Cabinet...

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