Turkish gov’t demolishes 12,000-years-old human heritage in antique Hasankeyf town
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Demolotion of historical caves in antique town of Hasankeyf by Turkish government by using explosives has drew ire from people from all walks of...
Reza Zarrab potential witness as Turkey’s Erdoğan cited in US sanctions-busting case
Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who was arrested in Miami in March 2016 on charges of evading US sanctions on Iran, will not...
HDP members, including İstanbul co-chair, arrested in run-up to Turkish snap elections
An İstanbul court ruled to arrest 10 people, including pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul branch co-chair Cengiz Çiçek and officials from other branches,...
Indictment seeks up to 15 years jail for academics over Gülen links
An indictment prepared by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks a jail sentence of from seven-and-a-half to 15 years for 15 academics from the İstanbul-based Marmara...
Turkish police raid 118 houses, detain 72 people over alleged links to Gülen movement
Seventy-two people were detained in İzmir province on Sunday morning in a police operation targeting members of the faith-based Gülen movement, according to the...
Evolution theory no longer part of Turkish curriculum, official says
Turkey’s Board of Education and Discipline Chairman Alpaslan Durmuş has said chapters on evolution are being removed from ninth grade biology textbooks and that...
Turkish gov’t seeks extension of emergency rule for another 3 months
Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group deputy chairperson and Kayseri deputy Mustafa Elitaş said on Friday that emergency rule will be extended...
Detention warrants issued for 70 Turkish military personnel over alleged Gülen links
The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 70 former and active duty military members of varying ranks as part...
Political, bureaucratic pressure might have led to Turkish police chief’s suicide
A police chief for İstanbul’s Silivri district who committed suicide in July 2017 might have taken his own life because he was subjected to...
Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik released from Diyarbakır Prison
Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was jailed with her baby earlier this month on terror charges because she had said, “Don’t let children die”...
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