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Twitter user says wrong person jailed for provocative hashtag

A popular Twitter user posting under the name “JeansBiri” tweeted on Friday that a man who was arrested last November for allegedly starting a...

Passenger on same plane as CHP deputy tweets about strangling him

A passenger sitting behind main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu on a plane asked in a tweet whether he should kill...

Turkish bar associations: Disproportionate force used in civilian area

The Diyarbakır, Van and Hakkari bar associations released a report on the use of drones in Hakkari’s Oğul village and concluded that disproportionate force...

Kılıçdaroğlu says detention of his lawyer ‘abdication of reason’

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the detention of his lawyer, Celal Çelik, over alleged links to the Gülen...

Detention warrants issued for 26 army aviation personnel over Gülen links

Detention warrants have been issued for 26 people who were working for the Army Aviation Command at the time of a July 15, 2016...

[UPDATE] CHP leader’s lawyer detained in post-coup probe

Celal Çelik, a judge-turned-lawyer representing main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, was detained at his home in Ankara on Friday. The detention...

Turkish minister says Ankara feels betrayed by EU over accession process

Turkish EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik on Thursday said Turkey feels betrayed by European Union leaders who have called for the end of accession...

At least 20 detained in protests supporting hunger striker teachers

Turkish police detained at least 20 people and fired tear gas to disperse protesters outside a courthouse in Ankara on Thursday at the start...

400 more MHP members resign from party over alliance with ruling party

Four hundred members of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party’s (MHP) Bolu provincial branch have resigned over differences with party leadership, which they claim has...

[VIDEO] Nazarbayev says Kazakh-Turk schools belong to Kazakhstan, no extradition of teachers

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Thursday that Kazakh-Turk high schools that are allegedly linked to the faith-based Gülen movement belong to Kazakhstan and...

Education center to job seekers: Prove you’re not ‘FETÖ’ member

An adult education center in Kırıkkale province has asked job applicants to provide a document indicating that they are not affiliated with “FETÖ,” a...

[UPDATE] Court rules for continuation of hunger strikers’ imprisonment

A Turkish court on Thursday ruled for a continuation of the arrest of hunger striker teachers Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, after a prosecutor has...

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