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Turkey detains scores of suspected ISIL members

Turkish police have detained around 100 suspected members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in raids across the country, the state-run Anadolu...

13 journalists arrested, 82 detained in Turkey in 2019, report reveals

Thirteen journalists were sent to jail and 82 others were detained while journalists appeared in court 733 times in Turkey in 2019, according a report drafted...

75 percent of Germans see Turkey’s Erdoğan as threat to global security: poll

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan is seen by 75 percent of Germans as a threat to global security and stability, according to a poll conducted by...

Turkish court jails yet another pregnant purge victim over Gülen links

Twenty-nine-year-old Serpil Özmermer, who was purged from her job as a civil servant at Turkey’s Justice Ministry following a 2016 failed coup in Turkey, has been...

İstanbulites line up to sign petitions against Erdoğan’s Kanal İstanbul project

Hundreds of Ä°stanbul residents have flocked to provincial urbanization offices to sign petitions against the construction of Kanal Ä°stanbul, which President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan...

Insurer refuses to pay for damage to car because claimant was purged from state job

A Turkish insurance company has rejected a claim for damages sustained in an accident by one of its insureds on the grounds that the claimant is...

Turkish teacher removed from Kosovo sentenced to 8 years, 9 months in prison

Kahraman Demirez, one of six Turkish nationals who were rendered to Turkey from Kosovo in an intelligence operation last year, has been sentenced to 8 years,...

Liking pictures of PKK members on social media is free speech, Turkish court says

A Mardin court in southeastern Turkey has ruled to acquit Mürvet Aslan, who liked Facebook content related to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on the grounds that...

Turkey has dismissed 18,630 military members since failed 2016 coup: ministry

A total of 18,630 military members have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement since a...

Turkish forces ready for deployment to Libya, ministry spokeswoman says

The Turkish military is fully prepared for possible deployment to Libya, the country's Defense Ministry announced on Dec. 27, according to a report by the Hürriyet Daily...

US judge refuses to halt prosecution of Turkey’s Halkbank for aiding Iran: report

A federal judge in Manhattan on Thursday rejected a request by Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank to put on hold a federal prosecution accusing it of...

More than 235,000 flee northwest Syria flare-up, UN says

More than 235,000 people have fled the Idlib region in northwest Syria over the past two weeks, the UN said on Dec. 27, amid heightened regime...

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