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Those engaging in terrorism must give an accounting, says PM over HDP operation

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has defended an operation against the country's second largest opposition party, the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), saying that...

[UPDATE] 8 including 2 police officers killed in PKK attack in Diyarbakır

Eight people including two police officers have been killed and dozens wounded in a huge explosion in central Diyarbakır in Turkey's Southeast, Prime Minister...

CHP leader: Only elections should determine who will leave office

Leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has indirectly criticized the detention of 11 pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies...

Turkey’s justice minister says HDP detentions in line with law

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ, who commented on the detention of 11 pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies including the party's co-chairs in the...

Turkey seeks arrest of pro-Kurdish opposition leader

Prosecutors have sent pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş to court for arrest in the southeastern province on Diyarbakır following his detention...

Turkey’s Erdoğan: We have redefined democracy, secularism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a TV program on Thursday that his government has "redefined democracy and secularism” and therefore has managed...

[UPDATE] 1 killed, more than 30 wounded in likely car-bomb blast in Diyarbakır

A car bomb is believed to have been the cause of an explosion that killed one person and wounded at least 30 others in...

Turkish police detain 2 Malaysians bound for Syria to join ISIL

Turkish authorities have detained two Malaysian nationals on their way to Syria, where they were planning to join up with the Islamic State in...

Police raid HDP headquarters in Ankara, detain 11 deputies around country

Counterterrorism police in the early hours of Friday morning raided Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in Ankara and conducted a search of...

[UPDATE] Turkish police raid homes of HDP deputies, detain at least 15 MPs including co-chairs

Turkish police on Thursday night raided the homes of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairs Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP deputy Ziya...

US Consulate Adana warns citizens in Turkey of possible attacks

A day after terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called on his followers to carry out attacks...

NTV portrays electronic circuit board sketch as prison break map

In a scandalous news report the pro-government news channel NTV portrayed the sketch of an electronic circuit board as a prison break map of...

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