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124 arrested, 357 detained over coup charges on Thursday

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 government shuts down another 20 TV, radio stations in new decree

A dozen Kurdish and Alevi TV stations were closed down under a new decree issued by Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) late on...

Family tradition must be protected, says governor in defense of bar closure

  Kemal Yurtnaç, the governor of the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat, defended a circular from his office on Wednesday that shut down all bars,...

Fethullah Gülen: Now I am certain that Erdoğan was behind failed coup in Turkey

US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan of masterminding a failed coup attempt in Turkey on July...

Federal Judge Berman rejects gold trader Zarrab’s demand for recusal

Judge Richard Berman, senior federal judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, on Thursday rejected a demand for...

Erdoğan says emergency rule could be extended for 12 months

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that a state of emergency declared after a failed coup on July 15 could be extended for...

Turkish court confirms hacking of energy minister’s email account

A court investigation into the hacked email account of Energy Minister Berat Albayrak has confirmed the authenticity of the email content at the same...

Saudi crown prince visits Ankara for talks

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and other top Turkish officials on Thursday gave an official welcome to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, who...

Veterinarian arrested for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

A 59-year-old veterinarian was arrested on Thursday in Bursa for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, the Cumhuriyet daily reported. Police detained...

Erdoğan slams peace treaty after World War I amid son-in-law’s email leaks

Only a few days after the eruption of an email leak scandal that reveals a Turkish media mogul’s covert support for the government, President...

Turkey confiscates more than 200 companies in operations targeting Gülen

The government-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has in the recent past taken over more than 200 companies as part of investigations into the...

Erdoğan says Moody’s can easily be bribed

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to criticize a recent decision by US-based credit rating agency Moody’s to cut Turkey’s sovereign credit rating to non-investment...

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