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25 detained in Diyarbakır over ByLock app use

Turkish police on Thursday detained 25 people in Diyarbakır province on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, the state-run...

14 lawyers arrested on terror charges

A total of 14 lawyers have been arrested on charges of alleged links to the Far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C), Turkish media reported...

Education Ministry recalls textbooks due to page on press freedom

The Turkish Education Ministry has issued a decision to immediately recall seventh grade textbooks due to a page on press censorship by the government,...

Erdoğan says Turkish people studying in West become voluntary agents

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said people who go to study in Western countries assimilate into their culture and become voluntary agents of...

Another soldier acquitted of coup charges after 11 months pretrial detention

Uğur Avcı, a former Gölbaşı district gendarmerie commander who was released from prison in June after 11 months in pretrial detention on charges of...

[VIDEO] 1 police officer dies, another injured in rotor blade accident

One Turkish police officer died and another was injured on Wednesday after being hit by a helicopter rotor blade at a police training school...

5,717 academics dismissed under Turkish government decrees

Following a botched coup attempt in July 2016, 5,717 academics at 117 universities were dismissed from their jobs due to government decrees issued under...

İstanbul Governor’s Office: Refer Syrian students to religious schools

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has issued a circular asking district education directorates to refer Syrian students living in areas densely populated by Syrians to...

Bozdağ: Nobody is under investigation due to journalistic activities

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said nobody in Turkey is under investigation for having written an article or published a news report...

Arrest warrants issued for 125 over Gülen links

Arrest warrants have been issued for 125 people in 32 provinces as part of a Konya-based investigation targeting alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen...

Turkish FM confirms PKK militants abducted 2 MİT agents in northern Iraq

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Tuesday confirmed news that broke in late August that Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists had captured two National...

Pretrial detention of Altan brothers, Ilıcak and 14 others to continue

An İstanbul court on Tuesday ordered the continuation of the pretrial detention of 17 journalists and members of the media, including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet...

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