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HDP deputies to avoid Turkish Parliament sessions for 2 days

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) on Wednesday announced that its deputies would not participate in sessions of the Turkish Parliament for the next...

Turkish state-run TV bans broadcasting of 208 songs

The state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has banned the broadcasting of a total of 208 songs, 142 Turkish and 66 Kurdish, on...

Court refuses to release Zaman journalist Ünal after 18 months in jail

A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and a former columnist for...

Bank Asya managers face up to 22.5 years jail on terror charges

The former general manager and administrators of the now-closed Islamic lender Bank Asya have been indicted on terror charges and face jail sentences of...

UN official concerned about use of ‘brutal interrogation techniques’ in Turkey

A top UN official has expressed unease over increased allegations of torture and ill treatment in police custody in Turkey, voicing his suspicions about...

Academic arrested over Gülen links denied prescribed medication for 11 months

İbrahim Yakut, an associate professor who was arrested in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016 due to his...

Turkish Parliament strips 2 more HDP deputies of parliamentary status

The Turkish Parliament on Tuesday stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Ahmet Yıldırım and İbrahim Ayhan of their parliamentary status, Cumhuriyet reported. Yıldırım was...

[UPDATE] Pro-gov’t TV presenter who threatens to kill civilians, critical MPs, resigns

Pro-government Akit TV presenter Ahmet Keser, who threatened to kill people critical of the government living in the Cihangir, Nişantaşı and Etiler neighborhoods of...

Ministry transfers Gülen dormitory to group co-chaired by Erdoğan’s daughter

A private dormitory in Samsun’s Çarşamba district that belonged to the Gülen movement until it was seized by the government has been transferred to...

Physics teacher detained over Gülen links, baby left to neighbor’s care

Derya Erkan, a physics teacher in the Black Sea province of Samsun, was detained on Monday for alleged membership in the Gülen movement and...

Foreign academic indicted in Turkey on terror charges for using ByLock

An academic from Kosovo who used to work for the İzmir Institute of Technology has been indicted on charges of membership in a terrorist...

2 workers detained at İzmir airport after police check their social media messages

Two construction workers who went to İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport on Feb. 23 to fly to their hometown of Diyarbakır were detained by police...

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