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After ISIL claims Diyarbakır attack, Turkey insists it was PKK

Following the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claiming responsibility for a deadly car bomb attack on a police station on Friday,...

Cumhuriyet columnist claims Balbay, CoÅŸkun behind crackdown on paper

As nine Cumhuriyet columnists and executives were being arrested on Saturday on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda, a senior columnist at the daily argued...

Turkish PM to EP president: Criticisms on Turkey are baseless, biased

In a phone conversation with European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Saturday amid an increasing crackdown on media and the opposition, Prime Minister Binali...

Released HDP deputies: ISIL attack targeted Kurdish politicians

Two Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies who were detained and released on Friday argued that a car bomb attack in Diyarbakır on same day...

Trustee appointed to Kurdish municipality of Şırnak

The Ministry of Interior Affairs appointed a trustee to the Şırnak Municipality on Saturday after the removal of the elected mayor on allegations of...

Main opposition leader calls party for emergency meeting after Cumhuriyet arrests

The chairman of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, called his party’s Central Executive Board (MYK) for an emergency meeting on...

[UPDATE] Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Sabuncu and 8 others from daily arrested

Nine journalists and executives from the Cumhuriyet daily, including its Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu, were arrested by the Ä°stanbul 9th Penal Court of Peace on...

Released Cumhuriyet columnist: I have never seen such immoral accusations

Aydın Engin, a columnist for the Cumhuriyet daily who was released on Friday evening after spending four days in police custody, said he has...

Turkey’s social media blackout expands after ISIL claims deadly Diyarbakır car bombing

A social media blackout imposed on popular social media websites by Turkish authorities following the detention of pro-Kurdish deputies early on Friday was expanded...

ErdoÄŸan’s speech to nation displayed on giant shopping mall screen

A live broadcast on a pro-government TV station showing Turkish President Tayyip ErdoÄŸan addressing the nation was displayed on a giant screen on the...

Turkey’s Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp block enters second day

Turkey will face another day of communication woes on Saturday as the blocking of social media and sharing websites that were shut down by...

HDP Co-chair Demirtaş put in Edirne Prison after police detain him in Diyarbakır

Selahattin Demirtaş, co-chair of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was taken to Edirne Prison in northwestern Turkey after a Diyarbakır court ruled for his...

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