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Calling 2016 coup attempt a ‘scenario’ is not a crime, top Turkish court rules

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s decision that acquitted a defendant who described a failed coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016...

Bar association reports ill treatment of inmates by guards in Turkey’s east

The Diyarbakır Bar Association has announced that scores of inmates in a high security prison in eastern Elazığ province were physically battered by guards, the Artı Gerçek...

Jailed Turkish teacher not taken to hospital after cardiac problem

Teacher İsmet Özçelik, who was abducted from Malaysia by the Turkish intelligence agency and rendered to Turkey, was not taken to a hospital despite reportedly having suffered...

Deputy says purge victim missing for 3 days may have been abducted

Yusuf Bilge Tunç, a former civil servant who was fired from Turkey’s Defense Ministry, has been missing since Tuesday, according to Turkish deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu,...

Öcalan calls for new initiative to resolve Turkey’s Kurdish conflict

Jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan has called for a new initiative to bring a peaceful settlement to the ethnic violence in Turkey’s...

Babacan clearly signals establishment of rival party to Erdoğan’s AKP

Turkey’s former deputy prime minister Ali Babacan released a statement on Thursday overtly signaling his intention to establish a new political party to rival President Recep Tayyip...

Bianet lawyer says ban on access to website lifted: report

Turkish authorities have lifted a ban of access to independent news site Bianet after an outcry against a move the company's lawyer said Wednesday had been...

Deported Syrians complain of unjust treatment by Turkish officials

While the Turkish government denies claims that it is deporting Syrian refugees and says it only allows voluntary returns, Deutsche Welle Turkish service spoke to several Syrians...

Turkish businessman, mother face lengthy prison sentence over Gülen links

A prosecutor on Tuesday demanded lengthy prison sentences for Turkish businessman Cafer Tekin İpek and his mother, Melek İpek, on charges of membership in the faith-based...

Turkish maritime police clear out Okluk Cove near Erdoğan’s summer mansion

Turkey’s maritime police on Wednesday ordered all vessels to leave Okluk Cove, a harbor in Marmaris where a summer mansion used by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Purged Turkish academics back in university as students

Three Turkish academics previously purged by government decrees have passed the nationwide university entrance exam and are now able to enroll as students, the Gazete Duvar news...

Pregnant woman jailed over Gülen links sent back to prison after losing baby

Hanife Çiftçi, who was jailed in June when she was seven weeks pregnant due to her alleged links to the Gülen movement, lost her unborn baby...

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