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Purged Turkish prosecutor sentenced to 10 years over Gülen links

Former Turkish public prosecutor Ferhat Sarıkaya, who was arrested in the fall of 2018, was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years for “membership in a terrorist...

Erdoğan says he will apply the screws to industrialists unless they start making national car

Frustrated with the delay in Turkey’s production of a national car brand as his government promises ahead of every election, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday targeted...

Erdoğan threatens opposition candidates, says holding on to criminal records

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated his threats against mayoral candidates from opposition parties on Thursday, saying the government is holding on to criminal records for action...

CHP deputy faces investigation on accusations of insulting Erdoğan

An investigation has been launched into main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Engin Altay on accusations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in comments he...

Pollsters to experience huge embarrassment on election night, says Erdoğan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said polling companies will understand on election night that they have been mistaken in their predictions of the results of...

2 senior judges detained in Ankara over alleged Gülen links

Two judges, one from a high criminal court and the other from the Supreme Court of Appeals, were detained in Ankara on Wednesday on terrorism charges...

Turkey secretly investigated spouses, children of lawyers: report

The Turkish government secretly investigated family members of lawyers perceived to be critical of it, including their spouses and children, Nordic Monitor revealed on Tuesday. According to documents reviewed...

Turkey to build 193 new prisons due to unexpected rise in number of inmates

The Turkish Ministry of Justice said in a statement that Turkey plans to build 193 new prisons in the next five years due to an unexpected...

AKP’s İzmir mayoral candidate uses Greek island photo in election flyer

Nihat Zeybekci, a former minister and the candidate for mayor of İzmir from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has included a photo of a...

AKP candidate says will send Syrians back home if they disrupt public order

Binali Yıldırım, the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) mayoral candidate for İstanbul, has said Syrians who have taken refuge in Turkey due to an ongoing civil...

Journalist given 18-month suspended jail sentence due to Afrin criticism

Journalist İshak Karakaş has been handed down a jail sentence of 18 months, 22 days on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda due to his criticism of...

Families of hunger strikers hold sit-in protest in front of Justice Ministry

Families of hunger strikers in several Turkish prisons who are protesting the “isolation” of jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan held a sit-in protest...

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