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Former PM calls paid trolls ‘communication terrorists’ referring to smear campaign targeting him

Ahmet Davutoğlu, who was forced to resign from the position of prime minister by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in May 2016, has harshly criticized...

Turkish court arrests journalism student for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

A Turkish court on Friday arrested Berivan Bila, a journalism student at Karadeniz Technical University, on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...

Turkey issues detention warrants for 128 more soldiers on coup involvement allegations

Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued detention warrants for 128 military members in İstanbul and Ankara, part of a crackdown on alleged members of the...

Ankara court rejects Demirtaş’s request for release based on ECtHR ruling

A high criminal court in Turkish capital of Ankara has rejected a petition from the lawyers of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş demanding his...

Survey: AKP leads polls for İstanbul mayoral post with 44.6 percent

A recent survey has indicated that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) would garner 44.6 percent of the vote in the mayoral election...

Turkey seizes 1.27 tons of heroin in one operation, breaking national record

Turkish security forces seized 1.271 tons of heroin in a truck in the eastern province of Erzincan, breaking the national record for such seizures,...

Former Bursa governor sentenced to 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links

Şahabettin Harput, a former Turkish governor of the western province of Bursa, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison over alleged links...

HDP deputy Önder sent to prison after sentence upheld by appeals court

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Sırrı Süreyya Önder was sent to prison after his three year, six month sentence was upheld by an İstanbul...

PEN declares jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş an ‘honorary member’

PEN Center Germany, part of PEN International, has declared jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been imprisoned in Turkey for two years, an...

25 airport workers, 5 union members released at first hearing of their trial

A Turkish court on Wednesday ruled for the release of 25 workers and five trade union members who were put in pretrial detention for...

Turkish prosecutor seeks arrest of journalist Dündar over Gezi Park protests

Turkish authorities have issued an arrest warrant for journalist Can Dündar as part of an investigation into the anti-government Gezi Park protests in İstanbul...

Number of convicted rapists in Turkey increased 23-fold in two years: CoE report

The Council of Europe (CoE) has released a report on the trends of prisons in Europe between 2005 and 2015 which indicated that the...

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