Radical Islamist man attacks Atatürk statue with sickle in Turkey
Mehmet Malbora on Sunday attacked a statue of Atatürk in the Siverek district of Şanlıurfa province, saying it represented idolatry, Hurriyet reported.
According to the...
Turkish security guards do not allow women in shorts in İstanbul park
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On the same day that hundreds of women marched in İstanbul to protest violence and animosity due to their clothing, private security guards made...
Ex-British soldier detained in Turkey for pro-YPG Facebook posts
Joe Robinson, a former British soldier who fought against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) with the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection...
Request by CHP deputies to visit jailed hunger strikers remains unanswered
A main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy told the Cumhuriyet daily that a request by fellow party members to visit two jailed hunger...
Turkish economy minister: German firms list a mistake, will never happen again
Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi said on Saturday that Turkey’s submission to Interpol of a list of around 700 German companies suspected of funding...
Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy Becerikli detained at Turkish airport
A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Saadet Becerikli, was detained on Saturday in Turkey’s southeastern town of Batman.
Becerikli was taken into...
Rights defenders’ report says there is no ‘court’ left in Turkey
A platform established by rights defenders of victims of a massive purge that has been ongoing in Turkey since a controversil coup attempt on...
Turkey’s former ambassador to Ghana sent to jail over alleged Gülen links
Şentürk Uzun, Turkey’s former ambassador to Ghana, has been put in pretrial detention over his alleged links with the Gülen movement on Saturday. Detained...
Pro-gov’t journalist confesses MİT abducted, illegally questioned Gülen followers
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Abdurrahman Şimşek, Sabah’s special editor for intelligence reporting, admitted on Friday that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) abducted several people who have links to...
Top judicial body instructs judges to arrest more Gülen supporters: report
According to a document that the Kronos news website published on Saturday, Turkey’s top judicial body, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), sent...
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