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494 people detained last week in post-coup crackdown on Gülen movement

Turkish police detained 494 people between Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 as part of its post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the Gülen movement, according...

Student who ‘insulted’ Atatürk arrested by Turkish court

A 21-year-old university student who was detained for “insulting” Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, was arrested by a court...

2 die, 10 missing as migrant boat capsized in Aegean Sea

At least two irregular migrants died Monday when a boat sank off the coast of Dikili in Turkey's Aegean province of İzmir, according to...

Turkey has prevented illegal crossing of 160,000 migrants from Edirne in last 4 years

Turkish authorities have prevented 159,029 migrants from illegally crossing into Europe from the Turkish province of Edirne, which has borders with Greece and Bulgaria,...

Applications of 39,000 out of 42,000 purge victims rejected by OHAL commission

A commission set up by the Turkish government to look into complaints from individuals who were affected by government decrees during a state of...

Turkish prosecutor launches investigation into 4-year-old girl over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a 4-year-old Turkish girl in Erzurum province as part of the government’s massive post-coup witch hunt targeting...

25 soldiers injured, 7 missing in ammunition depot explosion in SE Turkey

Twenty-five soldiers were injured and seven others went missing in an explosion at an ammunition depot in the southeastern Turkish province of Hakkari on...

Expelled academic detained on suspicion of terrorism

Dismissed academic Cenk Yiğiter was detained on Friday at his home in Ankara on suspicion of terrorism, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. According to...

Famous singer and columnist Taş returned to prison after court upholds sentence

Famous Turkish singer and columnist Atilla Taş was sent back to prison on Friday as a regional appeals court upheld a local court’s ruling...

Detention warrants issued for 103 members of Turkish military

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 103 military members as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of...

Contradicting environment minister, Erdoğan denies trees felled during his rule

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said his Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, which has been in power since 2002, has not cut...

Former prosecutor Sarıkaya arrested on terrorism charges

Former Turkish public prosecutor Ferhat Sarıkaya, who was recently disbarred and subsequently detained, was arrested on Thursday on charges of membership in the Gülen...

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