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Police detain 41 pro-Kurdish HDP members in raid on public meeting

Police on Saturday raided a public meeting held by the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in İstanbul, detaining 41 members of the party and the press,...

IFEX launches signature campaign to ensure release of teacher jailed with baby

The International Freedom of Exchange (IFEX) has launched a signature campaign calling for the release of Turkish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who was jailed with...

Report: Teacher dies in prison due to lack of medication

Halime Gülsu, who was arrested on Feb. 20, 2018 for allegedly helping the faith-based Gülen movement, died on Saturday in prison in Mersin province,...

Former President Gül will not challenge Erdoğan in presidential election

Turkey's former President Abdullah Gül on Saturday said he would not be a candidate in a snap presidential election on June 24, underlining that...

Detention warrants issued on Saturday for 103 people over Gülen links

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Saturday issued detention warrants for 103 people for allegedly organizing marriages between faith-based Gülen movement people, the...

[UPDATE] Editor fired for story on Erdoğan’s efforts to prevent Gül’s presidential candidacy

Turkey's Habertürk daily fired Barış Erkaya, the editor of its website, after he published a news story claiming that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sent...

Erdoğan accuses opposition leader of dictatorship

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday accused main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of being a dictator, claiming that the...

TMSF puts assets of 11 seized media outlets up for sale

Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has put property belonging to 11 media outlets that were closed down by the Turkish government in the...

Ex-President Gül to announce decision on presidential candidacy on Saturday

Amid ongoing debates as to whether he will run for the presidency in Turkey's June 24 presidential election, former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has...

AI: Chilling climate of fear sweeping across Turkey under state of emergency

"A chilling climate of fear is sweeping across Turkish society as the Turkish government continues to use the state of emergency to shrink the...

CHP deputy says party will field candidate that will make Erdoğan ‘the craziest’

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy group chairman Özgür Özel has said his party will nominate a presidential candidate that will make President Recep Tayyip...

Jailed journalist Altan acquitted in Erdoğan insult case

Famous Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan, who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has...

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