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56 percent of Syrian migrants in Turkish province want to return home: survey

According to a survey conducted in Turkey’s southeastern province of Gaziantep, 56 percent of Syrian migrants living there want to return home if conditions...

Turkey has requested extradition of 419 Gülen movement members

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on Friday the Turkish government has so far asked for the extradition of 419 people linked to the...

Detention warrants issued for 40 more people over alleged ByLock use

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Friday issued detention warrants for 40 people over their suspected use of the ByLock mobile phone messaging...

Former Van mayor Kaya sentenced to 8 years, 3 months in prison

A former mayor of the predominantly Kurdish city of Van in Turkey’s East was on Thursday sentenced to eight years, three months in prison...

CHP delegates want to see İnce as candidate for İstanbul Municipality mayor

In a survey conducted by the Republican People’s Party (CHP) executive board, party delegates in İstanbul preferred Muharrem İnce as the candidate for İstanbul...

Man jailed over Gülen links dies as result of poor medical care in prison

Mehmet Özbir, 41, on Tuesday died of a cancer that developed when he was in pretrial detention over Gülen links and which caused his...

Turkish justice minister: Brunson was not acquitted, he was convicted

Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül on Thursday said American pastor Andrew Brunson was not acquitted by a Turkish court but rather was convicted and that...

Turkish teacher investigated for recommending novel by Nobel Prize winner

A literature teacher in İstanbul revealed to the BirGün newspaper that they had come under investigation for recommending “The Museum of Innocence” by Orhan...

HRW urges Turkey to halt prosecutions for ‘insulting the president’

“‘Insulting the president’ should not be a crime, and students holding up a satirical banner obviously should never have faced prosecution,” said Benjamin Ward,...

EP’s Piri visits jailed Kurdish politician’s Diyarbakır home

European Parliament (EP) Turkey rapporteur Kati Piri on Wednesday visited the family of jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş in Diyarbakır, the Artı Gerçek news...

Jailed businessman Kavala says would be uncomfortable if released in deal with Europe

Jailed Turkish businessman and political activist Osman Kavala has said he would be uncomfortable if he were released by a court in Turkey as...

8 journalists detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links

Eight media workers were detained on Wednesday during operations in seven provinces following the issuance of detention warrants by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's...

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