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Anadolu news agency backtracks on alleged Gülen-ISIL connection

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency on Thursday had to suddenly reverse course on a report it had previously posted alleging that books connected to...

Ex-President Gül says emergency rule should end as soon as possible

At a time when government officials are talking about extending the duration of a three-month-long emergency rule declared in the aftermath of a failed...

Turkey arrests journalist Mehmet Altan on coup charges, releases brother

After spending 12 days in detention, journalist and academic Mehmet Altan was arrested by an Istanbul court on Thursday, while his brother, Ahmet Altan,...

Turkish police detain 13 people over links to AKP deputy assassination plot

Police in Turkey’s Diyarbakır province on Wednesday detained 13 people, including municipal officials, on suspicion of attempting to assassinate Mehdi Eker, a former minister...

Turkish airstrikes kill 3 ISIL militants in northern Syria

  Turkiah military announced that it carried out six air strikes and killed three Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants on Wednesday. In...

Turkey postpones scheduled visit by UN rapporteur on torture

The Turkish government has postponed the scheduled visit of Juan E. Mendez, the UN special rapporteur on torture, to the county, which has been...

Galatasaray expels 5 including former footballers, governors over Gülen links

The disciplinary board of the Galatasaray football club on Wednesday expelled from membership three former players and two former governors who are currently under...

Court decides to merge trials of 2 journalists, 1 deputy over MİT truck story

An İstanbul court on Wednesday decided to merge the trial of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül with that of Republican People’s Party (CHP)...

Man shot during attempted attack on Israeli Embassy in Ankara

An assailant wielding a knife was shot and wounded by security guards as he attempted to storm the Israeli Embassy building in Ankara on...

Turkish military defectors say they are secular Kemalists, fear torture if extradited

Eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July have said they are secular Kemalists and have...

Altan brothers asked about Sledgehammer coup plot during police interrogation

On the 11th day of their detention, journalist and author brothers Ahmet Altan and Mehmet Altan were asked about a suspected military coup plan...

Another 76 detained in Turkey over use of ‘suspected’ mobile app

Seventy-six public officials who were claimed to be using ByLock, a smart phone messaging application, have been detained as part of a witch-hunt targeting...

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