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Twitter to block journalist Zeynalov’s account at Turkey’s request

Independent journalist Mahir Zeynalov said in a tweet that Twitter will block his account to users in Turkey at the request of Turkish authorities...

Gov’t seals private airline’s hangars at İstanbul, Adana airports

The Turkish authorities sealed the hangars and aircraft of Tarkim Air at İstanbul Atatürk Airport and Adana Airport over the owner’s alleged ties to...

26 UN aid trucks depart from Turkey for Idlib in northern Syria

Twenty of 40 United Nations aid trucks that have been kept at the Turkish border since Sept. 13 due to heavy fighting have departed...

AKP Twitter troll asks gov’t to kill all Gülen sympathizers in jail

A pro-Justice and Development Party (AKP) Twitter troll has called on the government to make plans for the massacre of all Gülen sympathizers who...

DW files lawsuit against Turkish minister over confiscation of video

German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) has filed a lawsuit against Turkey’s Youth and Sports Minister Akif Çağatay Kılıç over his ministry’s confiscation of video...

4 soldiers killed in roadside bomb attack in Mardin

Four Turkish soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in a roadside bomb attack perpetrated by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists in the...

HRW calls on Turkey to lift ‘scandalous’ entry ban on Lagendijk

Human Rights Watch Turkey Director Emma Sinclair-Webb has called on Turkish authorities to lift what she called a “scandalous” ban on former European parliamentarian and...

Saudi crown prince to visit Turkey to discuss counterterrorism, trade

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Minister of Interior Muhammad Bin Naif is expected to visit Turkey Sept. 29-30, to hold talks with Turkish leaders,...

7 out of 24 suspended teachers in Diyarbakır arrested over links to PKK

Seven teachers who were among 24 suspended from their jobs in early September and detained last week over links to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’...

Ruling AKP deputy says 619 Gülen sympathizers detected within party

Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy Mustafa Ataş told the pro-government Star daily on Saturday that a total of 619 Gülen movement...

Police detain 25 protestors in rallies endorsing secularism in Turkey

Turkish police detained 25 protesters in the central province of Eskişehir when members of Birleşik Haziran Hareketi (BHH, United June Movement) distributed pamphlets defending...

3 musicians detained in southeastern Turkey for singing Kurdish songs

In yet another disturbing incident in the southeastern province of Tunceli, three singers have been detained over what their friends say was for singing...

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