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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...

Budget of religious affairs quadruple Prime Ministry’s allocation

According to presentations in Parliament on the 2017 budget, the budget allocated to Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (DİB) is four times higher than...

German media group Axel Springer to exit Turkish market

One of the largest publishing companies of Europe, Axel Springer, announced its decision to sell its shares in Doğan Media Holding and leave Turkey...

Visually impaired journalist under house arrest: I will never retreat

In an impassioned letter to Turkish Minute, visually impaired journalist Cüneyt Arat explains how after championing the rights of the disabled and writing on...

Coup Commission to question former presidents, prime ministers

Turkey’s parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission decided on Thursday to send written questions to former presidents and prime ministers about a coup attempt on July...

Erdoğan receives MHP leader amid presidential system, death penalty debates

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli at the presidential palace in Ankara on Thursday amid ongoing debates...

Polling company head says 56 percent against executive presidency in Turkey

President of SONAR polling company Hakan Bayrakçı has said around 56 percent of Turks are against a switch to an executive presidency and that...

President Erdoğan accuses Germany of harboring terrorists

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday lashed out at German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who criticized Turkey for its actions against freedom of the...

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