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Turkish court sentences 9 defendants in 2015 ISIL attack trial to life in prison

An Ankara court on Friday handed down 101 life sentences without the chance of parole to each of nine suspects in a terrorist bomb...

Pastor Brunson happy to be home with family, lawyer says

American pastor Andrew Brunson, whose trial has been the focal point of recent tension between the US and Turkey, feels happy to be with...

Video footage catches hint of power struggle between Turkish ministers

Turkish television stations have repeatedly broadcast video footage showing Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu shouldering Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak on Thursday during...

Austrian Kurd detained at Turkish airport for criticizing Erdoğan on social media

Ümit S, a Kurd born in Turkey holding Austrian citizenship, was banned from Turkey for five years for criticizing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...

CHP board indicates no emergency convention to be held

The Republican People’s Party (CHP) executive board on Friday announced that an intra-party opposition group could not manage to collect enough delegate signatures in...

4 schools in Ivory Coast linked to Gülen handed over to Turkey’s Maarif Foundation

Turkey’s Maarif Foundation (TMV), a state-run education body, has taken over four schools affiliated with the Gülen movement in Ivory Coast, the state-run Anadolu...

Migrant flow from Turkey to Greece by land skyrockets in first half of 2018

More than 10,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Greece from Turkey through the northern Evros River crossing in the first half of 2018, Reuters...

Cumhuriyet report on banning access to news story also banned by court

A report by the Cumhuriyet daily on a court decision to ban access to a previous story on a corruption case involving ruling Justice...

CHP vice chairman says party dissidents have failed to force emergency convention

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Vice Chairman Muharrem Erkek on Thursday announced that party dissidents would not be able to collect enough signatures from party...

11 journalists from now-closed Karşı daily indicted over Gülen links

An indictment charging 11 journalists from the now-closed Karşı daily with membership in a terrorist organization, aiding a terrorist organization without membership in it...

Constitutional court rejects jailed CHP deputy’s appeal for release

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application for release filed by jailed deputy Enis Berberoğlu, finding his allegations to be lacking in merit, the...

Turkish officials brush off US sanctions in dismissive tweets

Turkey’s Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu and Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül brushed off a US decision to impose economic sanctions on them over the continued...

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