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[UPDATE] Kurdish deputy on hunger strike rejects treatment, sent home from hospital

Leyla Güven, a deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who has been on a hunger strike to protest the isolation of the imprisoned...

Former top court member given lengthy jail sentence on terrorism charges

Mehmet Uslu, a former member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, has been handed down a jail sentence of 13 years, six months on...

Former army chief describes Gülen-linked cadets as ‘smart and good looking’

İlker Başbuğ, a former Turkish chief of general staff, has said military cadets who were inspired by the views of Turkish-Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen...

Municipal produce stands get mixed reactions from Turks

As some municipalities across İstanbul and Ankara began to sell produce at relatively low prices this week in an attempt by the Turkish government...

Young Syrian refugees in Turkey targeted by criminal networks: report

The International Crisis Group (ICG) released a report on Monday which claims that a generation of young Syrians in Turkey is susceptible to exploitation...

Erdoğan claims ‘enemies’ now trying to bring Turkey down with high produce prices

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at an election rally in Kastamonu on Tuesday said outside forces that could not bring Turkey down by means...

Germany bans 2 publishing houses over links to PKK

Two publishing houses in Germany were shut down for allegedly operating in affiliation with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Deutsche Welle Turkish service...

Turkish ‘academic for peace’ ordered by court to visit family of soldier killed by PKK

An İstanbul high criminal court sentenced Gülsün Güvenli, an academic who signed a declaration that demanded a halt to Turkey’s military operations in Kurdish-dominated...

Report shows İstanbul is second most congested city in world

Turkey’s mega-city of İstanbul has been declared the second most congested city in the world by a transportation data analysis company, BBC Turkish service...

Turkey orders detention of 1,112 people over Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday ordered the detention of 1,112 people as part of a massive crackdown targeting followers of the...

Erdoğan ridiculed for promising AKP voters 200-gram packages of tea

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has attracted ridicule and criticism for promising to deliver 200 gram packages of tea as well as reusable grocery...

Pro-gov’t journalist says, ‘If only US soldiers had been in the helicopter crash’

A reporter working for the staunchly pro-government A Haber TV station has expressed regret that it was Turkish military officers rather than American soldiers...

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