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Another 18 people arrested over use of ‘suspected’ mobile app

Eighteen people who were claimed to be using ByLock, a smart phone messaging application, were arrested on Friday as part of a witch-hunt targeting...

Army chief sees no second coup attempt in coming months

The top commander of the Turkish military, Gen. Hulusi Akar, dismissed recent speculation in the national media about another potential coup attempt by some...

Syria, Iraq cross-border motion approved by Parliament

A motion extending the mandate of the Turkish Armed Forces to conduct military operations in Iraq and Syria for another year was approved by...

1 soldier, 12 PKK terrorists killed in clashes with security forces

One soldier was killed by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists in the Çukurca district of Hakkari province on Saturday, while six PKK militants died...

Erdoğan slams passage of US ‘Saudi lawsuit bill’ in Parliament speech

In a speech opening the new legislative session of Parliament on Saturday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan lambasted the US Congress for passing a law...

Teachers asked political questions in job interviews following purge

Applicants for teaching positions in Ankara, seeking to replace some of the thousands of teachers who were dismissed in a massive purge following a...

Award-winning author Murat Özyaşar detained in Turkey

  Turkish counterterrorism police on Saturday morning detained award-winning author and teacher Murat Özyaşar after a search of his İstanbul apartment.   The announcement was made by...

Gov’t-appointed mayor shuts down Batman city theater

Şevket Ertuğ Aksoy, the acting mayor of Batman who was appointed by government decree on Sept. 11, on Friday shut down the city theater...

Another Turkish baklava maker detained on coup charges

Serdar Seyidoğlu, the general manager of the Seyidoğlu Baklava chain, was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses...

Leaked email shows Erdoğan’s son-in-law manages oil firm with alleged ISIL links

According to leaked emails belonging to Berat Albayrak, Turkey’s energy minister and the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Albayrak is in the position...

Amsterdam law firm to Erdoğan: Calling Gülen movement terrorist is exaggeration

Robert R. Amsterdam, the head of London-based Amsterdam & Partners LLP, which was hired by the Turkish government as part of their fight against...

Ex-Today’s Zaman reporter’s passport seized at Turkish consulate in NYC

The passport of former Today’s Zaman reporter Arslan Ayan has been confiscated by officials at the Turkish Consulate General in New York on the...

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