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HDP co-mayors of Sur district arrested on terrorism charges

The co-mayors of the Sur district in the southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakır, both from the ranks of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and both...

Turkey orders detention of 237 suspected of Gülen movement ties in last 2 days

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 237 suspects, including active duty soldiers, in the last two days as part of a large-scale crackdown targeting followers...

31 more arrested over use of ByLock app

Thirty-one people were arrested in Istanbul on Thursday on accusations of use of the ByLock smartphone application, which is considered evidence of links to the faith-based Gülen...

Minister on harassed student: I won’t allow pressure on police over a woman with a Gülenist father

Turkish Minister of Interior Affairs Süleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that he would not let the police be pressured over a university student whose...

Court clerk detained for seeking bribes to remove people from ‘Gülenist’ lists

A court clerk in Turkey’s southeastern Batman province has been detained after it was discovered that he had asked several public servants for bribes...

100 military members sought by Turkish prosecutor as part of Gülen crackdown

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s office on Monday issued detention warrants for 100 Turkish Land Forces members as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting...

Turkey remains world’s worst jailer of journalists, CPJ report says

According to a report released on Thursday by media freedom advocacy group the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Turkey remains the world’s worst jailer...

Record number of Turks seek asylum in Europe in October

A total of 2,280 Turkish citizens applied for asylum in European Union countries in October, the highest monthly number so far in 2018, according...

Migrants from Turkey leave money at Greek cafe for wood needed for a fire

A group of illegal migrants from Turkey who crossed the Maritsa River and reached the village of Nea Vyssa in the Greek regional unit...

Top Turkish court upholds jail sentence given to former HDP deputy Baluken

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a jail sentence of seven-and-a-half years handed down to former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy İdris...

HDP co-chairperson and 10 deputies go on hunger strike to support jailed deputy

Co-chairperson of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Pervin Buldan announced on Monday that she and 10 other deputies from her party would go on...

UK court denies extradition request of Turkish tycoon, says case politically motivated

A British court on Wednesday denied an extradition request from Turkey for businessman Akın İpek on several charges, primarily for links to Islamic scholar...

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