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Former prosecutor given lengthy prison sentence due to alleged Gülen links

Former public prosecutor Osman Şanal has been handed down a prison sentence of 11 years, three months on terrorism charges due to his alleged links to...

CHP says non-public officials will be on duty again for June 23 İstanbul election

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has filed an objection with the Supreme Election Board (YSK), claiming that non-civil servants will work at polling stations again...

Justice minister says lifting visitation ban for PKK leader unrelated to İstanbul election re-run

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül on Friday said lifting the visitation ban on the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) was not related to a...

Turks surpass all other countries in NASA campaign to send names to Mars

Applications from Turkey to NASA’s recent campaign to send individuals’ names to Mars next year have vastly surpassed all other countries’ lists, the Hürriyet Daily News reported. Although it...

Opposition finds YSK justification for İstanbul electoral re-run ‘politically motivated’

Representatives of several opposition parties in Turkey have slammed a reasoned opinion announced by the country’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Wednesday justifying its decision to cancel...

Erdoğan says will make Turkey center of attraction for scientists

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, whose government has removed thousands of academics from their jobs, has said his government plans to make Turkey a center of...

Prosecutors to seek up to 11 years for CHP official, pro-gov’t daily reports

İstanbul prosecutors are poised to demand up to 11 years in prison for Canan Kaftancıoğlu, the İstanbul provincial chairwoman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP),...

Widow of Turkish man who set himself on fire blames the government

The widow of Eyüp Dal, who set himself on fire outside city hall in Gaziantep last week, has said the government was to blame for her...

Turkey unseats nine HDP councilors in Kurdish city

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has removed nine city council members from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the Tatvan district of eastern Bitlis province, the T24 news website...

Judge who upheld verdicts in match-fixing trial given lengthy sentence

A former judge at Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals who in 2014 upheld sentences given to the defendants in a match-fixing trial has been handed down...

Jailed PKK leader’s lawyers travel to İmralı as visitation ban is lifted

Two lawyers representing Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan on Wednesday travelled to İmralı Island in the Sea of Marmara to meet with the jailed...

Turkey’s Constitutional Court says no violation of rights in Kavala’s prosecution

Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday said jailed Turkish businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala’s right to freedom and security were not violated during his prosecution, the CNN...

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