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Turkey’s social security body refuses to process retirement requests of Gülen-linked individuals

Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SGK) is turning down requests for retirement from individuals who have been removed from public jobs or have stood trial...

HDP deputy: There are 700 babies in Turkish prisons living in extremely poor conditions

“There are 700 babies in prisons and they have been living in extremely poor conditions. Prisons are not for babies,” human rights activist...

Doctors ordered to halt elective surgeries as lira crisis hits Turkish hospitals

The loss in value of the Turkish lira in recent months is ringing the alarm bells of health services in Turkey, with a chief...

90 including 4 Kurdish journalists detained over alleged PKK links

The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 151 people including journalists in operations targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party...

Detention warrants issued for 74 military officers, 22 civilians over alleged Gülen links

The İstanbul and Ankara chief public prosecutor’s offices on Tuesday issued detention warrants for a total of 55 active duty and 19 former military...

Teacher who called Atatürk ‘biggest devil’ arrested on insult charges

A primary school teacher in Turkey’s eastern province of Malatya was arrested bya court on Monday on charges of insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the...

Erdoğan says Saudis must prove missing journalist left their consulate alive

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan demanded on Monday that Saudi Arabia prove that journalist Jamal Khashoggi left the Saudi Consulate General in İstanbul on...

HDP says local elections meaningless after Erdoğan threat

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Monday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of rendering local elections useless after he said he would dismiss...

459 people detained in a week over alleged Gülen links

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 459 people were detained over the past week (Oct.1-Oct.8) due to alleged links to the faith-based...

Erdoğan to appoint trustees to ‘terrorism linked’ municipalities after local elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday said he would appoint trusties to municipalities in which anyone linked with the outlawed the Kurdistan Workers’...

Attorney claims ill treatment during brief incarceration over court defense

An attorney who was briefly arrested last week for a defense he gave during a hearing in İstanbul said he had been subjected to...

Editor-in-chief of new pro-Kurdish daily briefly detained for terrorist propaganda

The editor-in-chief of the Yeni Yaşam daily, a pro-Kurdish newspaper that published its first print edition on Oct. 2, was briefly detained by Turkish...

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