Turkey’s top court finds applications from Cizre curfew victims ‘inadmissible’
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found inadmissible applications filed by people affected by accurfew in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of Turkey in which 137 were...
Ankara Governor’s Office bans all demonstrations, public events for a month
The Governor’s Office of Turkey's capital city Ankara has announced that all demonstrations and public events are prohibited for a month in Ankara, the...
Turkey seeks up to 15 years for journalists, CHP deputy in MİT trucks case
İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday demanded up to 15 years imprisonment for former Cumhuriyet daily editor-in-chief Can Dündar, Cumhuriyet Ankara representative Erdem...
6 Kurdish politicians arrested days after detention on allegations of terrorism
A Turkish court has arrested six politicians, former mayors and their deputies in the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır who were detained on June 8 as...
Opposition slams top court for rejecting request to annul Erdoğan’s withdrawal from women’s treaty
Turkish opposition parties have criticized Turkey’s top administrative court for refusing to annul Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to pull Turkey out of...
14-year-old Syrian boy stabbed to death in Turkey in alleged hate crime
A 14-year-old Syrian boy was killed in an alleged hate crime on his way to work on October 20, in Turkey's central province of...
Jailed İstanbul mayor accuses Erdoğan of taking ‘no steps’ in PKK peace process
Jailed İstanbul mayor and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has accused President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of failing to take...
Turkish judge removed from bench following allegations of threat, blackmail
Turkey’s Ministry of Justice has announced the dismissal of a judge implicated in a number of allegations including threats, blackmail, bribery and substance abuse,...
Turkish drone strike kills 4 in northeast Syria: monitor
A Turkish drone strike on Tuesday killed at least four people in a northeast Syrian city held by Kurdish forces, the latest in a...
20,571 military personnel summarily dismissed from Turkish Armed Forces over alleged Gülen links
A total of 20,571 military personnel have been summarily dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016...
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