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Turkey’s Maarif schools to be funded by Saudi and IDB money

The Maarif Foundation, established by the Turkish government in order to compete with Turkish schools abroad established by Gülen movement sympathizers, has received approval...

Erdoğan defies criticism of troop presence in Iraq, plans to reinstate capital punishment

Responding to international criticism of a Turkish troop presence in Iraq, Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey is not a country that obeys every...

Gov’t plans to take over Cumhuriyet with help from presidency, CEO says

Akın Atalay, CEO of the Cumhuriyet daily, has claimed on Twitter that the Turkish government plans to take over the administration of the newspaper...

Turkey confiscates another 28 companies over Gülen links

The government-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has taken over 28 more companies due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, which is accused...

French Senate passes bill criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide allegations

The upper chamber of the French parliament on Friday voted 156 to 146 to criminalize any denial of allegations that World War I massacres...

Erdoğan to Hillary Clinton on Kurdish support remark: Shame on you

Following a pledge made by Hillary Clinton to support Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan harshly criticized the US presidential...

Court releases 3 generals, 1 admiral in coup probe

An İstanbul court on Friday released three generals and an admiral who were detained as part of investigation into a coup attempt on July...

Kremlin says Turkey mulling purchase of Russian air defense system

According to a statement released by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, Turkey and Russia discussed the possible provision of Russian air defense systems to Ankara...

4 soldiers die, 11 wounded in PKK attacks

In Turkey’s ongoing battle against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) four soldiers were killed and 12 were wounded in separate attacks on Friday...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 189 judges and prosecutors over phone app

As part of an ongoing purge carried out by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government following a coup attempt on July 15,...

Government blocks testimony of military, intelligence heads in coup investigation

An opposition proposal for a joint parliamentary commission to hear the testimony of the heads of the military and intelligence agency was blocked by...

2,584 suspended, 109 sacked, 149 arrested, 213 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 hunted down and taken...

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