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PKK kills 1 soldier as Erdoğan promises more operations in Afrin

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed one soldier in an attack in Hakkari province on Sunday as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan promised...

More cities ban theater play ‘Just Dictator’

"Just Dictator," a play starring critical actor Barış Atay, was not allowed to be performed in Hopa following a ban in the provincial city...

Jailed police chiefs who led 2013 corruption ops taken to police HQ

Jailed police chiefs who led corruption operations against the government in 2013 were taken to Istanbul police headquarters on Saturday over the testimony of...

HDP Co-chairman Demirtaş makes first appearance in court in 14 months

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş made his first appearance in court today as part of a trial in which he is charged...

Erdoğan sues CHP leader for TL 150,000 in non-pecuniary damages

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday filed a lawsuit against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for TL 150,000 in...

Former President Gül expresses support for top court ruling on Altan, Alpay

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül on Friday stated support for a Constitutional Court decision to release jailed journalists Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan, Sözcü...

Gov’t slams top court for decision on Altan and Alpay

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government on Friday criticized a Constitutional Court decision to release jailed journalists Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan. "The...

262 more dismissed, 1,828 reinstated with new gov’t decree

The Turkish government on Friday dismissed 262 staff members from various institutions with a new state of emergency decree, known as a KHK, the...

20 more detained in Bursa, Antalya over Gülen links

Twenty people were detained in Bursa and Antalya provinces on Friday as part of an investigation launched into the fait- based Gülen movement, Turkish...

Turkish Parliament strips HDP deputy Zana of parliamentary status

The Turkish Parliament on Thursday stripped pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana of her parliamentary status, Diken reported. Zana's status was removed...

HDP deputy sentenced to 8 years, 1 month in prison

A Diyarbakır court on Thursday sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Abdullah Zeydan to eight years, one month and 15 days in prison,...

[UPDATE] İstanbul courts refuse to enforce high court ruling to release Altan, Alpay

İstanbul’s 26th and 13th High Criminal Courts on Thursday evening refused to comply with an order from Turkey’s Constitutional Court for the release of...

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