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132 military personnel arrested over Gülen links

One hundred thirty-two former and active duty soldiers detained on suspicion of membership in the Gülen movement have been arrested by a Turkish court,...

Former AKP deputy: Some ministers informed of coup attempt in advance

Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy Mehmet Metiner has said some ministers and security officials were informed about a possible putsch 15 to...

Turkey holding 450 undocumented migrants seeking refuge in Europe

Some 450 undocumented migrants were being held by Turkish authorities across Turkey on Thursday, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing security sources. In the...

Int’l community should publicize legal status of each jailed journalist, Altan says

Mehmet Altan, a journalist and economist who had been jailed after a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 for almost two years,...

Cumhuriyet reporter given 27-month jail sentence due to report

An İstanbul court has handed down a sentence of two years, three months to Cumhuriyet daily justice reporter Canan Coşkun on charges of endangering...

Turkey’s 2-year-long state of emergency ends, to be replaced by new anti-terror laws

A two-year-long state of emergency in Turkey came to an end on Wednesday amid the introduction of a bill proposing new anti-terror laws by...

4 Turkish asylum seekers missing after boat capsizes in Evros River

A woman and her three children went missing after a boat carrying several Turkish asylum seekers who fled Turkey due to an ongoing government...

16 active duty soldiers, 1 former police chief arrested over Gülen links

Thirteen active duty soldiers in Mardin, two in Elazığ, one in Samsun and a former police chief in Karaman were arrested on Wednesday over...

Court rules to keep Zaman journalist Ünal in jail

A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for the...

Court rules to keep former HDP co-chair Demirtaş in prison

A Turkish high criminal court has decided to keep former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş in prison during a trial in...

Jailed businessman Kavala seen with wife in first prison photo in 260 days

Renowned Turkish businessman and activist Osman Kavala, who has been in pre-trial detention since November 2017, is seen with his wife, Professor Ayşe Buğra...

19 drown, dozens missing as refugee boat sinks off northern Cyprus

Nineteen refugees drowned and around 30 were missing Wednesday after their boat sank in the Mediterranean off northern Cyprus, AFP reported, citing Turkish media...

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