Turkish military operation footage screened in stadium before Amedspor match

Footage of a Turkish military operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was projected on the scoreboard of a stadium on Saturday, just...

Pro-Kurdish party co-chair faces probe for remarks criticizing removal of mayors

Turkey’s interior ministry has announced the launch of an investigation into the co-chairperson and a party official of the country’s main pro-Kurdish party due...

Opposition MP voices outrage over imprisonment of 64-year-old woman on terrorism charges

Mustafa Yeneroğlu, a deputy from Turkey’s DEVA Party, urged authorities yesterday to immediately release 64-year-old Fatma Yurt, who was arrested on terrorism charges for...

Turkish teacher investigated for recommending novel by Nobel Prize winner Pamuk

A literature teacher in İstanbul revealed to the BirGün newspaper that they had come under investigation for recommending “The Museum of Innocence” by Orhan...

Turkish courts sentence 3 Kurdish mayors on terror-related charges

Turkish courts have sentenced three elected Kurdish mayors to prison on terrorism-related charges in separate trials, Turkish media reported. The mayors are Mehmet Sıddık Akış,...

Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 272 people over alleged Gülen links in a week

Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 272 people on terrorism charges due to their alleged links to the faith-based...

Bahçeli says MHP will not form alliance with Erdoğan’s AKP for Turkey’s local polls

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and an ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announced on Tuesday that his party...

Kurdish mayor sentenced to prison on terror-related charges

Bahçesaray Co-mayor Ayvaz Hazır has been sentenced to three years and 11 months in prison on charges of "committing a crime on behalf of...

At least 27 women killed as victim of domestic violence in Turkey in November

At least 27 women were killed in and 29 children were subjected to sexual abuse in Turkey in November 2017, a prominent woman rights...

Turkey’s ruling AKP rules out revival of peace negotiations with PKK

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Ömer Çelik on Saturday said people who want to revive peace negotiations between the Turkish government...
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