Turkish court decides to release 12 ISIL suspects on Wednesday

A high criminal court in İstanbul on Wednesday decided to release 12 out of 35 suspects who are standing trial on charges of membership...

COMMENTARY — Turkey intel knew ISIL suicide bomber, his accomplices in the murder of...

By Abdullah Bozkurt As in many recent cases involving Jihadists and radical militants, it came as no surprise to trace the footprints of Turkish intelligence...

Yet another woman who just gave birth faces detention over alleged Gülen links

Elif Coşkun, who just gave birth on Monday night in Turkey’s western province of İzmir, will allegedly be taken into custody in the hospital...

HRF urges UN to oppose torture on 18 Gülen followers imprisoned in Turkmenistan

In an open letter issued on Tuesday, the New York-based Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has called on United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to...

Man who killed 5 relatives in Turkey’s Konya province claims they were American spies

Atılgan Kömür (29), who early Monday morning killed five of his relatives in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, has said they deserved to...

Turkey’s pro-gov’t daily editor-in-chief: Will you find a better caliph than Erdoğan?

https://youtu.be/Ij64DsCvSRs Turkey's pro-government Star daily Editor-in-Chief Nuh Albayrak said during a TV show on Sunday that he has been raising the issue of reinstating the...

Imam-hatip school promises privileges in Turkey’s military, police school enrollment

Amid ongoing debates about the Turkish military and police force falling under the control of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), an imam-hatip, or...

US law firm takes on Angolan case that implicated Turkish intelligence plot

A US law firm that represented the US President Donald Trump’s business interests in the past has taken up the representation of Turkish and...

Police waits to detain a housewife in Turkey shortly after her delivery due to...

Turkish police has been reportedly waiting in front of the door of a hospital room where a housewife, who has just given a birth,...

Pro-gov’t columnist suggests setting Turkey’s Silivri Prison ablaze to kill inmates from Gülen movement

https://youtu.be/Faj26si8tDY Fatih Tezcan, a pro-government public speaker and columnist, said in a video message posted on social media on Friday that people should gather in...

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