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Turkey seeks arrest of pro-Kurdish opposition leader

Prosecutors have sent pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş to court for arrest in the southeastern province on Diyarbakır following his detention...

Turkey’s Erdoğan: We have redefined democracy, secularism

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said during a TV program on Thursday that his government has "redefined democracy and secularism” and therefore has managed...

[UPDATE] 1 killed, more than 30 wounded in likely car-bomb blast in Diyarbakır

A car bomb is believed to have been the cause of an explosion that killed one person and wounded at least 30 others in...

Detained teacher asks journalists not to take her picture: I have students

Detained along with 20 other colleagues from four provinces across Turkey, one teacher told reporters not to take her picture saying: “Please, I have...

Police raid HDP headquarters in Ankara, detain 11 deputies around country

Counterterrorism police in the early hours of Friday morning raided Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) headquarters in Ankara and conducted a search of...

[UPDATE] Turkey blocks access to Internet following detention of pro-Kurdish deputies

Turkish authorities blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube following police raids on the homes of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies and their...

[UPDATE] Turkish police raid homes of HDP deputies, detain at least 15 MPs including co-chairs

Turkish police on Thursday night raided the homes of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairs Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP deputy Ziya...

Budget of religious affairs quadruple Prime Ministry’s allocation

According to presentations in Parliament on the 2017 budget, the budget allocated to Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs (DİB) is four times higher than...

Coup Commission to question former presidents, prime ministers

Turkey’s parliamentary Coup Investigation Commission decided on Thursday to send written questions to former presidents and prime ministers about a coup attempt on July...

Gov’t seeks to ease criticism over Cumhuriyet detentions by linking prosecutor to Gülen

In an apparant move to calm critics of an operation targeting the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper in Turkey earlier this week, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ...

Erdoğan receives MHP leader amid presidential system, death penalty debates

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli at the presidential palace in Ankara on Thursday amid ongoing debates...

Polling company head says 56 percent against executive presidency in Turkey

President of SONAR polling company Hakan Bayrakçı has said around 56 percent of Turks are against a switch to an executive presidency and that...

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