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Opposition deputy says Turkey’s ‘judicial reform’ did not address problems of purge victims

After the first omnibus bill of Turkey’s planned judicial reform was passed by parliament, Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent opposition deputy and human rights activist, said...

Turkey arrests 24 social media users for ‘smear campaign’ against Syria incursion

Turkish courts have arrested 24 social media users since the beginning of Turkey’s incursion into northeast Syria on Oct. 9 on charges of conducting a “smear...

Turkey briefly detains mother of young cancer patient who sought imprisoned father’s release

Zekiye Ataç, the mother of 8-year-old Ahmet Burhan Ataç, who is suffering from bone cancer, was detained and later released under judicial supervision after...

Turkish soldiers in Syria applaud footballers’ military salute at games

Turkish soldiers in northern Syria hailed the Turkish national players who gave military salutes at sport events in support of Turkey’s ongoing military operation in Syria,...

Turkey appoints trustee to aviation board after row with ministry

The Turkish government has appointed Minister of Customs and Trade Cenap Aşçı as trustee to the Turkish Aviation Board (THK), which has recently been involved in...

Turkish police detain 4 pro-Kurdish HDP mayors on alleged terrorist links

Turkish police detained four mayors from a pro-Kurdish party in dawn raids, widening a crackdown since Ankara launched an incursion into northern Syria a week ago,...

9 HDP officials arrested for attempting to stage protest against Turkish incursion in Syria

Nine Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) officials who were detained in the Beşiktaş district of İstanbul over the weekend where they had gathered to stage a...

18 Turkish soldiers killed, 200 others injured during Syria incursion, Erdoğan says

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday announced that 18 Turkish soldiers were killed in a military operation launched last week in the northeast of Syria and...

22.6 percent of İstanbul’s buildings will collapse in anticipated quake: mayor

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has said İstanbul is not ready for a major earthquake expected by the scientific community and that 22.6 percent of the buildings...

Prosecutors to investigate opposition deputy over tweet about Turkey’s military offensive

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday announced it has launched an investigation into Sezgin Tanrıkulu, a deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...

Police prevent Kurdish party from holding press conference on Syria incursion

Turkish police on Monday prevented Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) officials in Diyarbakır from holding a press conference on Turkey’s military operation targeting Syrian Kurds, the...

Turkish nationalist leader discharged after 3 weeks in hospital

Turkey’s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli was discharged from a hospital on Monday where he had been undergoing treatment since Sept. 23 for an...

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