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Veteran Turkish journalist sentenced for disclosing classified military documents

Seventy-four-year-old Turkish journalist Nazlı Ilıcak, who has been behind bars since a 2016 failed coup attempt and who has already received an aggravated life...

State of emergency victims in Turkey earn less than $150 a month: report

A report released by the Society of Justice for Victims has revealed that the average monthly income of some one and a half million...

Deputy claims headscarf will be banned if ruling AKP loses local elections

A deputy from the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) argued on Sunday that if their party loses in the upcoming local elections in...

Indictment reveals policemen raped woman in İstanbul, supervisors ignored complaint

Two police officers in İstanbul reportedly raped a woman after a traffic stop in October, and their supervisors refused to accept an official complaint...

Investigation launched into Turkish mayor over remarks on Syrian refugees

Turkey’s Minister of Interior Süleyman Soylu has announced that Hatay Mayor Lütfi Savaş has been put under investigation for statements against the naturalization of...

Some 53,000 Syrians living in Turkey to vote in local elections

At least 53,000 Syrians will be able to vote in Turkey's local elections to be held on March 31, the Turkish interior minister said...

İstanbul prosecutor indicts Turkish US consulate worker accused of Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have prepared a charge sheet against a local employee of the US consulate who was arrested over alleged links to the network...

Erdoğan appoints TV preacher as president of university taken over from Gülenists

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday appointed a popular pro-government TV preacher as president of Gaziantep Islam, Science and Technology University, formerly Zirve...

Head of shut-down jurist association sentenced to 10 years over Gülen links

Murat Arslan, president of the now-dissolved Judges and Prosecutors Association (YARSAV), was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday on charges of membership...

Detention warrants issued for 72 Turkish soldiers over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 72 current and former members of the military over suspected links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gülen, who...

Members of jihadist group linked to al-Qaeda released pending trial by Turkish court

A Turkish court has released pending trial 13 alleged members of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), an al-Qaeda-linked group in Turkey, after four days...

Erdoğan’s son: We are lucky to have a strong leader, unlike Europe

Bilal Erdoğan, the son of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Thursday claimed in a speech that there is no leader in Europe in...

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