Disabled 86-year-old hospitalized soon after being imprisoned over Gülen links
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Gunman attacks pro-Kurdish party office in Turkish holiday resort of Marmaris
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Turkey detains nearly 500 people in two weeks as Erdoğan renews call to target...
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Turkey leads Europe in prison population, number of inmates per capita
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Journalist under house arrest over role in Gezi protests says he faces up to...
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Turkey orders detention of 10 foreign ministry staff over alleged Gülen links
Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for four current and six former staff members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over alleged links to...
Turkish gov’t detains 25 people, including military officers, over alleged links to Gülen movement
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58 passengers denied flights from Istanbul to US in four days
58 people have been unable to depart from Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport over the last four days due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting immigrants...
Turkish court keeps veteran journalist Fatih Altaylı in jail
A Turkish court on Thursday ordered veteran journalist Fatih Altaylı to remain in jail more than 100 days after his arrest on charges of...
Turkish journalist expelled from Erdoğan-Merkel news conference due to slogan T-shirt
Turkish journalist Adil Yiğit was removed from a news conference held by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin...
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