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Turkish PM: Ergenekon organization, Sledgehammer coup plan were real

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told deputies from his party at a private meeting on Friday that the Sledgehammer coup plot, devised by the...

Academic year opening ceremonies to be held at presidential palace

Ceremonies marking the opening of every academic year will from now on be held at the presidential palace in Ankara rather than being held...

Dozens detained in Bursa as they attempted to commemorate Ankara victims

As many as 36 people were detained in Bursa province on Sunday as they gathered to commemorate the victims of a terrorist attack in...

Jailed Boydak brothers brought to mother’s funeral in handcuffs

Hacı, Memduh and Bekir Boydak brothers, who are three prominent businessmen from Kayseri-based Boydak Holding, were let out of prison on Saturday to attend...

Leaked emails show AKP bribed former US Congressman to write pro-Turkey article

The leaked emails of Berat Albayrak, Turkey’s energy minister and son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, show that lobbyists working for the Justice and...

10 soldiers, 8 civilians killed in PKK attack in Hakkari

Eighteen people including 10 Turkish soldiers were killed, 27 others were injured when Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists attacked a military outpost in Şemdinli...

Three military attachés arrested over alleged Gülen-links

An Ankara court ruled on arrest of three military attaches over their alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding...

Newly released journalist says tortured with molten plastic during detention

Police officers reportedly tortured Adnan Kümek, a reporter for the government-targeted Azadiya Welat newspaper, by dripping molten plastic on his legs during the two...

İstanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar sees shops close as tourism slumps

At least 600 shops out of 3,600 have closed in İstanbul’s historic Grand Bazaar as tourism slumped significantly this summer after Turkey experienced a...

Turkey blocks access to Dropbox, Google Drive

Turkey has blocked access to Dropbox and restricted Google Drive, file sharing services popular on mobile phones and computers, after Energy Minister Berat Albayrak’s...

Israeli energy minister to meet Turkish counterpart in İstanbul

Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz will meet with his Turkish counterpart, Berat Albayrak, in İstanbul next week at the World Congress on Energy, in...

Turkish justice minister sees US extradition of Gülen as unlikely

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has that the impression is growing in Turkey that the US will ultimately not extradite US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah...

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