Turkish gov’t purges 40,000 military personnel over alleged links to Gülen movement
The Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dismissed over 40,000 military personnel from NATO's 2nd biggest army, including officers from the...
Turkey orders detention of 2,073 Gülen followers in July
According to Turkey’s deputy interior minister, İsmail Çataklı 2,073 suspects were detained in July as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan’s war budget signals Turkey set for a darker path
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The dramatic increase in the budget of the Interior Ministry, which is responsible for the main law enforcement agencies in Turkey, is...
Turkish police await outside İstanbul hospital to detain woman who just gave birth
A group of police officers reportedly await outside Esenyurt Eslife Hospital in order to detain a woman who gave birth late on July 3,...
Turkey’s 2-year-old state of emergency ends, to be replaced by new anti-terror law
Turkey’s two-year-long state of emergency came to an end at 1 a.m. local Turkish time on July 19, 2018 amid the introduction by the...
Turkish warplanes re-launches to strike Kurdish militia targets in Syria
Turkish warplanes have launched a new wave of bombing of Kurdish militia targets in Syria’s Afrin region, the Turkish General Staff said on Friday, and...
Turkish gov’t launches investigation into HDP deputies over Afrin tweets
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office on Sunday launched an investigation into pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ayhan Bilgen and Nadir Yıldırım for tweets...
Turkish government seeks life in prison for jailed US pastor Brunson
A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday demanded life imprisonment for American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been jailed in Turkey since October 2016, over alleged...
About 100 Turkish-Dutch citizens barred from leaving Turkey
About 100 Dutch citizens have reportedly been blocked from leaving Turkey after criticizing the country’s autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Those affected are of Turkish descent...
Chairman Akgün: Maarif Foundation works in framework of Turkey’s strategic priorities abroad
Birol Akgün, the chairman of the controversial Maarif Foundation, has stated in an interview to the state-run Anadolu news agency on Saturday that the foundation...
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