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Columnist says purge of Gülenists a move to prevent ‘future crimes’

The sacking of hundreds of university staff members, the suspension of approximately 81,000 civil servants, the arrest of more than 20,000 civilians and the...

Turkish speaker: We don’t want Che the murderer on our teens’ chests

İsmail Kahraman, speaker of the Turkish Parliament, said during a speech in Rize on Sunday that he doesn't want to see teenagers in Turkey...

Turkey bans foreign plays in state theaters

Nejat Birecik, director-general of the General Directorate of State Theaters, announced on Sunday that only national plays will be staged this year in order...

Petition launched in support of freedom of expression in Turkey

  German journalists and writers are seeking signatures for a petition asking German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to stand up...

Air strikes kill 25 PKK/YPG militants in Jarabulus, Turkish military says

  The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announced in a statement on Sunday that 25 militants from the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Syrian...

GATA branch has new name, head doctor after transfer to Health Ministry

Following a government decision to subordinate military hospitals, which used to operate under the General Staff, to the country’s Health Ministry, the name of...

Pro-gov’t daily accuses Germany of orchestrating Cerattepe protests   

A pro-government Turkish daily has accused Germany of masterminding environmental protests in Turkey’s Black Sea region in February, saying that Germany collaborated with “fake”...

Newly released journalist offers insider view of victims of purge

Briefly detained for taking photos of the street next to Istanbul’s Gayrettepe Police Station, journalist Tuğba Tekerek has talked about her time in detention,...

UPDATE: Terrorists attack police at Diyarbakır Airport

Terrorists carried out an RPG attack on a police checkpoint at Diyarbakır Airport on Saturday night. According to a report from DHA, the four RPGs...

1 soldier killed, 3 wounded as rockets hit Turkish tanks in Syria

One soldier was killed and three others were wounded when rockets hit two Turkish tanks south of the Syrian border city of Jarabulus on...

Turkey’s EU minister: We won’t implement readmission agreement

Accusing the European Union of failing to keep its promises to Turkey, Ömer Çelik, Turkey’s chief negotiator and minister for European Union affairs, said...

Moscow removes ban on charter flights to Turkey

Following a meeting and phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Moscow has lifted restrictions on charter flights...

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