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Turkish music band members seek political asylum in France

Two members of Grup Yorum, a Turkish music band targeted by the Turkish government, on Saturday said they had requested political asylum in France,...

Turkey takes legal action against 313 social media users in one week

The Turkish Interior Ministry has announced that a total of 514 social media accounts have been investigated while legal action has been taken against...

Retired colonel, defendant in MİT trucks case, detained in Ankara

Retired Col. Burhanettin Cihangiroğlu, former head of the Gendarmerie’s criminal department and a defendant in a trial concerning the halting of National Intelligence Organization...

Anadolu news agency secretly films businessman İpek in London

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency has secretly filmed Turkish businessman Akın İpek, one of the targets of the Turkish government due to his links...

Mafia leader Peker acquitted of threatening Academics For Peace

The İstanbul Anadolu 20th Penal Court of First Instance has acquitted mafia leader Sedat Peker of threatening academics who demanded the Turkish army halt...

Opposition party leader ordered to pay $20,000 for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay TL 95,000 ($19,500)...

Former PM Yıldırım elected speaker of Turkish Parliament

The Turkish Parliament on Thursday elected former Prime Minister and Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker Binali Yıldırım as its new speaker, the state-run Anadolu...

3 French nationals briefly detained in PKK operations in Turkey

Three French nationals were briefly detained, along with 13 others, during an operation conducted by Turkish security forces targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...

21-year-old says sentenced to 21 years without ever appearing in court

Alişan Taburoğlu, a 21-year-old student from Akdeniz University, has written a letter to former Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Barış Yarkadaş saying he has...

Police raid Jin news agency office in Diyarbakır

The Jin news agency announced on Thursday that police had raided their office in Diyarbakır without disclosing the reason for the operation. “The police first...

Detention warrants issued for 24 over 2012 MİT crisis

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 24 people as part of an investigation into a crisis in the...

Erdoğan shrugs off criticism of son-in-law, says he will quickly clean up economy

Despite widespread criticism of his appointment of son-in-law Berat Albayrak as Turkey’s chief economic policy maker, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has voiced full...

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