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Erdoğan: Turkey to use Russian S-400 missile system ‘if necessary’

Turkey will use the S-400 surface-to-air missile batteries it has agreed to purchase from Russia “if necessary,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday, according...

CHP’s İnce asks if intelligence agency is tasked with following the opposition

Republican People’s Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce asked on Tuesday if it is the task of the intelligence agency to follow opposition campaigns, in...

Turkish court bans Periscope over copyright violation

A Turkish court on Tuesday banned all services of Periscope, a live video broadcasting platform owned by Twitter and popularly used by the opposition...

New report documents expansion of Erdoğan witch hunt to Sweden

Turkey has expanded its witch hunt against critics to Sweden, using government institutions, affiliated NGOs and operatives, a report released by the Stockholm Center for...

Erdoğan calls HDP candidate Demirtaş ‘top terrorist’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who on Monday said Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş was deserving of the death penalty...

Former HDP deputy Encü given 10-month jail sentence

Former pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şırnak deputy Ferhat Encü has been handed down a 10-month jail sentence that was ultimately commuted to a...

Demirtaş again reaches out to people, this time by WhatsApp

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in pretrial detention in Turkey since November 2016, has again reached out...

Jailed businessman and activist Kavala applies to ECtHR

Anadolu Kültür executive board chairman and jailed businessman Osman Kavala, who has spent seven months in jail, announced on Monday that he has filed...

Report: AKP may have ordered 2015 ISIL attack on Ankara train station

A report by the EU Intelligence Analysis Centre (EU INTCEN) viewed by the Ahval news website suggests that the Oct. 10, 2015 suicide bombing...

Gov’t escalates counterterrorism operations as elections in Turkey approach

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has escalated counterterrorism operations in northern Iraq’s Qandil Mountains and Sinjar region, which both host camps...

Demirtaş defies Erdoğan over Kobani, death penalty remarks

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) jailed presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş on Monday challenged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over remarks he made on the “Kobani...

Erdoğan says Demirtaş deserving of death penalty for role in 2014 protest deaths

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a Sunday rally criticized jailed Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş, saying he would have approved...

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