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Justice minister says trials of Gülen followers to be concluded by end of year

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül has said he thinks the trials of followers of the Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government...

OSCE’s Désir reiterates call to Turkey to release Zaman journalists

Harlem Désir, representative on freedom of the media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), has reiterated his call to Turkey...

Court releases 14 Boğaziçi students arrested for criticizing Syria operation

The İstanbul 32nd High Criminal Court on Wednesday released 14 Boğaziçi University students from pretrial detention in the first hearing of their trial on...

Survey: Turkish gov’t has confiscated TL 49.4 bln in assets from seized companies

A new survey has revealed that the Turkish government has transferred some TL 49.4 billion (around $11 billion) to the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund...

Turkey continues to decline in peacefulness index, ranked 149th in world

Turkey is the 149th most peaceful county among 163 countries in the world, according to the Global Peace Index 2018 (GPI) released by the Australian-based Institute...

Majority of Turks see US, EU as Turkey’s enemies, poll reveals

As Turkish government officials frequently blame foreign actors for negative events in the country, the results of a recent public survey have shown that...

Presidential spokesperson Kalın confirms visit to Gül, says it wasn’t Erdoğan’s idea

Presidential Spokesperson İbrahim Kalın confirmed a visit he made to former President Abdullah Gül along with Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar, saying...

Investigation launched into FOX TV anchor over critical report on Mersin hospital

A public prosecutor’s office in İstanbul has launched an investigation into prominent news anchor Fatih Portakal, who presents FOX TV news, due to a...

Qandil offensive criticized by opposition as political campaigning

A planned Turkish military offensive in the Qandil Mountains of northern Iraq against the headquarters of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has been...

Jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş appeals to public via phone call to his wife

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in pretrial detention since November 2016, addressed the Turkish people in a...

Family says doctor did not commit suicide but died due to torture by Turkish police

Family members of İbrahim Halil Özyavuz, a medical doctor who was jailed in May over alleged links to the Gülen movement, said that Özyavuz...

Photos revealed showing torture of 4 men under police custody in İstanbul

Four men who were detained by police in İstanbul for carrying a pump-action rifle in their automobile were subjected to acts of torture at...

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