Opposition leader faces 2nd verbal attack after Erdoğan’s praise for first one
Turkey’s nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener came under verbal attack as she was addressing locals in Sivas province, the second attack...
Municipality demolishes headquarters of TV station shut down over Gülen links
Municipal teams in İstanbul on Tuesday demolished the former headquarters of Samanyolu TV, one of the country’s major networks before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s...
Detention warrants issued for 300 teachers in a month in Turkey’s capital of Ankara
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants in the past month for 300 teachers who worked in schools owned by people...
Turkish gov’t detains 75 militants as court releases top ISIL suspect
Turkish police have arrested at least 75 people over suspected links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Ankara and...
Ailing 78-year-old prisoner hospitalised in Turkey’s East
A 78-year-old female prisoner in Turkey’s East who is suffering from heart and lung disease and hypertension was hospitalized on Sunday, the left-wing Artı...
Lawmaker slams conviction of prominent business family, asset seizures as ‘blatant violation of law’
The conviction of 18 members of the Boydak family, prominent industrialists from the Central Anatolian city of Kayseri, and the seizure of their assets...
32 detained in İstanbul as part of investigation targeting 4 opposition municipalities
Turkish police have detained 32 people, including former employees of four district municipalities in İstanbul, as part of an ongoing crackdown on the main...
PACE committee urges action on transnational repression, cites Turkey’s operations abroad
A committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has in a draft resolution called for stronger international action against transnational...
Teacher to serve sentence on Gülen link conviction despite severe illness
Cafer Türker Hadimioğlu, 44, a math teacher designated as disabled by a medical board for suffering from ulcerative colitis and diabetes, was sent to...
Turkish military to enlist 30,000 new personnel after purge
Amid criticism that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is pushing the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) away from NATO, Defense Minister Fikri Işık...
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