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Journalist recounts flight from post-coup crackdown in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt, the former Ankara bureau chief of the closed-down Today’s Zaman daily who now lives in exile in Sweden, recounts in an interview...

Court to give final verdict in coup trial of renowned journalists

An İstanbul high criminal court on Monday began the final hearings in the trial of seven journalists including Nazlı Ilıcak and the Altan brothers...

Investigation launched into HDP’s new co-chairperson over Afrin criticism

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Monday launched an investigation into newly elected pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Pervin Buldan and HDP...

666 people detained to date over critical stance on Afrin offensive

Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday announced that 474 people have been detained on terror charges due to their posts on social media critical of...

568 detained in one week over alleged Gülen movement links

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that 568 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based...

HDP elects Buldan and Temelli as new co-chairpersons

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) elected Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli as its new co-chairpersons during a party congress in Ankara on Sunday,...

Pro-Erdoğan TV presenter threatens Cumhuriyet daily over Afrin story

Yusuf Ozan, a presenter for the pro-government Akit TV, on Sunday targeted the Cumhuriyet daily over a story it ran on the Afrin operation...

12 Turkish soldiers killed on Saturday in Afrin operation

The Turkish military stated on Saturday that 12 soldiers were killed during an operation in the Afrin region of Syria, including two soldiers who...

AKP İstanbul provincial chairman resigns from post

Head of the İstanbul branch of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) Selim Temurci has announced his resignation from his post, in which he...

Detention warrant issued for HDP Co-chairperson Kemalbay

Turkish prosecutors on Friday issued a detention warrant for Serpil Kemalbay, co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Peoples’ Party (HDP), just two days before a...

Religious group leader critical of government put in pretrial detention

Alparslan Kuytul, president of the Furkan Foundation and leader of a religious group critical of the Turkish government, has been put in pre-trial detention...

Law professor: State of emergency commission is AKP’s ‘gas chamber’

İbrahim Kaboğlu, a professor of constitutional law who was fired by a state of emergency decree on Feb. 7, 2017, said the commission established...

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