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Leading AKP figure tipped off about rise in property values prior to purchase

Numan Kurtulmuş, a leading figure in Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has been found to own land in a lucrative area that...

‘I’m hungry!’ woman shouts during temporary job placement drawing in Turkey

A woman who was among thousands of applicants for a public job drawing in Turkey’s Tokat province shouted to officials that she was hungry,...

Opposition leader says critical election ad removed due to government pressure

Chairman of the opposition Felicity Party (SP) Temel Karamollaoğlu said on Wednesday that an election ad his party ran was removed as a result...

11-year-old girl who stole warm clothes for siblings faces punishment

A 11-year-old girl in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa who stole warm clothes for her four siblings because they were wearing T-shirts in...

HDP begins ‘Peace Vigil’ in Turkish Parliament

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) launched a “Peace Vigil” in the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday evening in support of a party deputy who...

Man given 14-month suspended sentence on Erdoğan insult charges

A man in the central Turkish province of Eskişehir has been handed down a suspended sentence of 14 months on charges of insulting Turkish...

15-year sentences sought for 33 lawyers due to alleged Gülen links

A public prosecutor has sought a prison sentence of 15 years for each of 33 lawyers on charges of membership in a terrorist organization...

Investigation launched into Erdoğan ally mafia leader for call to arms

The Anatolian Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker, a devotee of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

Detained woman says tortured for 6 months at secret center in Ankara

A woman detained on allegations of terrorism claimed at a hearing on Tuesday that she was tortured for six months at a secret center...

Former President Gül’s doctor sentenced to prison over Gülen links

The Ankara 4th High Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced Sedat Caner, the personal doctor of former President Abdullah Gül, to seven-and-a-half years in prison...

Prosecutor investigates deputy over terrorism for failing to condemn speech

A prosecutor in Diyarbakır recently launched an investigation into human rights activist and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu on suspicion of...

Turkey detains 97 people as part of post-coup crackdown targeting Gülen members

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 97 people as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news...

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