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French journalist detained by police in southeastern Turkey

Olivier Bertrand, a French journalist working for a Paris-based website, was detained by Turkish police on Friday while reporting in southeastern Gaziantep province, the...

Final respects paid to slain district governor

A funeral ceremony was held in the southeastern province of Gaziantep on Friday for former Derik District Governor Muhammed Fatih Safitürk, who died earlier...

[OPINION] Turkey’s Erdoğan goes after the pope and the Vatican

By Abdullah Bozkurt The ongoing tension between Turkey and the Vatican at the political level that has been simmering beneath the surface for some time...

Erdoğan inaugurates mosque with Belarusian counterpart in Minsk

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened a mosque with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk on Friday. The head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate,...

Gov’t halts activities of 370 foundations based on emergency rule

Turkey's Interior Ministry has announced that the activities of 370 foundations have been halted based on emergency rule currently in force in the country,...

AKP deputy chairman: Main opposition leader deserves to be tried

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Yasin Aktay said on Friday that main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu deserves...

PM Yıldırım says gov’t to introduce executive presidency in cooperation with MHP

One day after a meeting with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced that his government is going...

Trustee appointed to Varto district after mayor’s arrest

The Ministry of Interior Affairs on Friday appointed a trustee to the Varto Municipality in eastern Muş province to replace the elected mayor, who...

Turkish government removes ban on headscarves, beards among TSK civil servants

Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has abolished a ban preventing female civil servants from wearing headscarves and male civil servants from growing...

Arrested UN judge denies Gülen links, says he is Freemason  

Turkish judge Aydın Sefa Akay, who is serving on the UN war crimes panel and was arrested in September as part of a government...

Erdoğan says Turkey going through its freest, most peaceful and enjoyable period ever

At a time when Turkey is going through one of its most turbulent periods, with the arrest of thousands of people and an ongoing...

Cumhuriyet CEO Atalay detained at İstanbul airport

The Cumhuriyet daily’s chief executive officer, Akın Atalay, was detained at İstanbul Atatürk Airport on Friday upon his arrival from Germany based on a...

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