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Turkey extends state of emergency for sixth time

The Turkish Parliament on Thursday passed a prime ministry motion extending a state of emergency for another three months, the sixth such extension since...

Detention warrants issued for 53 more military personnel over alleged Gülen links

The Sakarya, Konya and Kırıkkale chief public prosecutor’s offices issued detention warrants for 53 military personnel of various ranks in last 24 hours as...

Court rules for release of 33 police officers jailed over ByLock use

An İstanbul high criminal court has ruled for the release of 33 police officers who were arrested for alleged use of a smart phone...

Three killed as military plane crashes in Isparta

Two pilots and a technician lost their lives when a military trainer aircraft crashed on Wednesday in the Yalvaç district of the Isparta province...

BIA report: 237 aggravated life sentences sought for 520 journalists in Turkey

A recently released quarterly report, the BIA Media Monitoring Report, has revealed that 122 journalists were in Turkish jails as of Jan.1, 2018, while...

Worker stages naked protest in front of Turkey’s nat’l employment agency

A man who has not received his salary from his employer for months on Tuesday staged a naked protest in front of the İzmir...

Lawyers for Alpay, Altan say Constitutional Court rulings are binding on all

Lawyers representing imprisoned journalists Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay issued a public statement over the weekend regarding the continued detention of their clients following...

Upper courts reject appeals to release journalists Altan and Alpay

Two upper courts in Istanbul have rejected a demand for release filed by lawyers representing Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay despite a decision by...

Former intel chief calls for use of ASALA, MOSSAD tactics to kill Gülen followers

İsmail Hakkı Pekin, a former intelligence chief of the Turkish General Staff, has suggested that Turkey make use of tactics it used against Armenian...

Report: Police tortured suspect, threatened to rape wife in Ramadan

A Turkish man jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement was reportedly tortured under custody while police threatened to rape his wife during...

Detention warrants issued for 81 more people over Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued on Monday for 81 people who work for High Education Foundation, as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen...

Plane skids off Trabzon runway, plunges down cliff to water’s edge

A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the Black...

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