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CHP demands to examine request sent to US for extradition of Gülen

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has demanded the Justice Ministry make available files that were sent to the United States for the requested...

545 detained in one week over alleged Gülen links

A total of 545 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Turkish Interior...

[UPDATED] Prosecutor launches investigation into Atatürkist organization over ‘coup tweet’

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday launched an investigation into the Atatürkist Thought Organization (ADD) over a tweet shared yesterday on the...

American pastor standing trial in Turkey ‘a totally innocent man,’ says Trump

An American pastor standing trial in Turkey on allegations of aiding terrorist groups is “a totally innocent man,” US President Donald Trump said on...

Editor briefly detained due to article titled ‘We can stop the dictatorship’

Ali Ergin Demirhan, an editor at the critical sendika.org news website, was briefly detained on Monday due to an article on the site in...

Election body decides to move ballot boxes in predominantly Kurdish provinces

In a development that has raised concerns about election fraud, Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has decided to move or merge ballot boxes in...

Erdoğan planning to establish army of bureaucrats in new term

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is planning to appoint 500 new bureaucrats under his administration if he...

Conscript in 5th day of military service given 14 life sentences on coup charges

The İstanbul 26th High Criminal Court handed down aggravated life sentences to 41 defendants on Friday, among them Ahmet Özdemir, who was fulfilling his...

You can’t hit us with foreign exchange rates, Erdoğan says

Turkey’s President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan implied during a rally in Isparta on Sunday that...

OHAL commission rules to reopen 6 ‘terrorist’ associations due to lack of evidence

Turkey’s state of emergency (OHAL) commission, established in 2017 to investigate complaints related to the loss of state jobs and organizations shut down by...

MHP’s Bahçeli reiterates general amnesty proposal in election manifesto

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli gave a speech in Ankara on Saturday announcing his party’s election manifesto and reiterating his call for...

Kılıçdaroğlu unveils CHP manifesto, promising to fix 5 fundamental problems

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Saturday unveiled the party’s election manifesto, based on remedying five fundamental problems in Turkey and focusing...

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