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Lawyers visit jailed PKK leader Öcalan for first time in 8 years

Lawyers representing jailed leader of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan visited him on May 2 for the first time since 2011, a law...

İstanbul election fraud suspects accused of Gülen ties: state-run news agency

Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency (AA) has reported that an investigation into local election fraud in İstanbul has found 43 suspects have alleged links to the...

Court hands down lengthy prison sentences to 11 Turkish doctors for supporting terrorism

The Ankara 32nd High Criminal Court on Friday handed down lengthy jail sentences to 11 former executive board members of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) on...

CHP files criminal complaint against Ankara gendarmerie commander for Kılıçdaroğlu assault

Turkey’s main opposition party on Friday filed a criminal complaint against Brig. Gen. Ünsal Bulut, the gendarmerie commander of Ankara province, for misconduct, accusing him of...

Turkey orders detention of 92 people over Gülen links in post-coup crackdown

Turkish prosecutors on Friday order the detention of 92 people, mainly soldiers, as part of a massive post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement. The...

Erdoğan opens Turkey’s biggest mosque, sparking criticism from opposition

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday inaugurated the largest mosque in Turkey, in a move that seals his Islamist rule and has drawn criticism from the...

Turkey’s top court says no violation of rights during prosecution of jailed journalists Altan, Ilıcak

Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Friday said there was no violation of the right to freedom and security during the prosecution of prominent journalists Ahmet Altan and...

Minister says 20,000 investigated in Turkey over social media posts in 5 years

Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced that a total of 20,474 people in Turkey have been investigated due to their messages on social media, the...

Turkey’s top court says rights of convicted journalists Aksoy, Gürsel violated

Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that the rights to freedom and security of journalists Murat Aksoy and Kadri Gürsel were violated by a Turkish court...

Pakistani migrants say beaten, returned to Turkey by Greek police

Two Pakistani asylum seekers said they were battered by Greek police who sent them back to Turkey, the Artı Gerçek news website reported on Thursday. The asylum seekers,...

Erdoğan says his party will win İstanbul if new election is held

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is also the leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said his party will win İstanbul, recently...

Former minister Babacan says discussing new party with friends: report

Former deputy prime minister and economy minister Ali Babacan has not denied claims that he will take part in the establishment of a new party, which...

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