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Turkish PM on coup trials: I would hang them in one month

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said he would hang the suspects of a botched coup attempt in July 2016 in one month, complaining...

40 PKK militants ‘neutralized’ in one week

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 40 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists, 18 of whom were killed, have been...

Turkey denies closing Habur border gate, says security checks increased

Denying allegations of closing the Habur border gate to northern Iraq, Turkish Minister of Customs and Trade Bülent Tüfekçi said on Monday that only...

Turkish parliament extends mandate to conduct cross-border operations in Iraq, Syria

The Turkish Parliament held an extraordinary session on Saturday and approved a motion to extend another one year a mandate to conduct cross-border operations...

Novelist Aslı Erdoğan receives Erich Maria Remarque peace prize in Germany

Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who was released after 132 days in prison due to links to the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily and recently was...

36 ISIL suspects detained in İstanbul operations

İstanbul’s anti-terror police detained 36 people who are allegedly linked to the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in simultaneous operations...

CPJ calls on Turkey to find murderers of Syrian journalist, mother

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on the Turkish government to find those responsible for the murder of Syrian-American journalist Halla Barakat and...

İstanbul Mayor Topbaş resigns

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Kadir Topbaş announced on Friday that he had resigned as mayor but would continue in politics with the ruling Justice...

Pro-gov’t daily columnist resigns over row concerning ex-minister’s corruption

Star daily columnist Ahmet Taşgetiren announced on Friday that he had resigned from the newspaper after editors sided with three other columnists in a...

Turkey to grant citizenship to 50,000 Syrians, Interior Ministry says

Turkey’s Interior Ministry said on Friday that it is processing citizenship applications for around 50,000 Syrians who had sought refuge in Turkey after the...

27 people, mostly soldiers, detained in Turkey over Gülen links

Turkish police have detained 27 people in operations in 16 provinces as part of a Kocaeli-based investigation into the Gülen movement, which is accused...

At least 15 migrants die after boat sinks off Turkey’s Black Sea coast

The Turkish Coast Guard said on Friday that at least 15 people died after a fishing boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of...

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