Turkish court arrests 6 more İstanbul airport workers due to strike over work conditions
Six more İstanbul airport construction workers were arrested by an İstanbul court on Thursday, bringing the total number of workers arrested to 34 after...
Turkish gov’t detains 12 military officers over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government detained 12 military officers, including 11 on active duty, on Thursday across Turkey as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt...
Outlawed PKK militants kill 8 Turkish soldiers in attack in Batman
Eäght Turkish soldiers were killed and two others were wounded on Thursday in an attack carried out by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)...
Turkish Court of Accounts report shows daily expenses for Erdoğan’s palace total $300,000
A report by Turkey’s Court of Accounts has shown that more than TL1,8 million (around $300,000) was spent daily in 2017 for the expenses...
Turkish court sentences former civil servant to 9 years for alleged ByLock use
A civil servant who was removed from his job by a government decree has been handed down a jail sentence of eight years, nine...
Historian becomes minister’s advisor after donating books to Turkish presidential library
Renowned Turkish historian Professor İlber Ortaylı was named an advisor to the culture and tourism minister shortly after he donated his personal library to...
Police called to Fethullah Gülen’s US compound after shot fired
US police were called to the compound of Fethullah Gülen, the US-based Turkish Muslim scholar, in rural Pennsylvania on Wednesday after a guard fired...
Austria to ban famous Rabia sign of Turkish President Erdoğan
Austria’s Interior Minister Herbert Kickl announced that the Austrian government is planning to ban certain Turkish hand signs, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Rabia,...
More than 3,000 Turkish nationals apply for asylum in Germany this year
More than 3,000 Turkish nationals have applied for asylum in Germany between January and August of 2018, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Wednesday.
According...
Turkish court jails 2 more people for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan
Two people in Turkey’s Tekirdağ province were arrested on Wednesday on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media, according to a...
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