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HDP says gov’t has given security forces a blank check for civilian killings in SE Turkey

Amid news stories that a Turkish drone attack killed one civilian and wounded three others in Hakkari on Friday, pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP)...

HDP says 3 injured after military helicopter opens fire in Diyarbakır

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies said on Sunday night that fire from a military helicopter injured three villagers in southeastern Diyarbakır province’s Bağlan...

Exiled Turkish journalist ‘sworn at,’ ‘threatened with death’

Emre Uslu, an exiled journalist living in in the United States, tweeted on Sunday that he was sworn at and threatened with death in...

43 PKK militants ‘neutralized’ in one week

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 43 outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists have been neutralized across Turkey over...

Appointment of key coup suspect’s brother stirs controversy

The appointment of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Deputy Chairman Şaban Dişli, brother of Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli, one of the key suspects...

Rights group says prison guards threatened with jail when they refuse to torture inmates

Founding President of the Turkish Human Rights Foundation (TİHV) Professor Şebnem Korur Fincancı said on Sunday that some prison guards who refused to follow...

1 soldier killed in PKK attack in Hakkari

One soldier was killed in a Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attack in the southeastern province of Hakkari on Sunday. According to a statement by the...

US says ISIL’s Mosul financial emir lives in Turkey

The US Department of the Treasury said Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) financial emir for the Iraqi city of Mosul Salim...

98 die, 423 injured in road accidents during Eid al-Adha holiday

A total of 98 people have been killed and 423 injured in traffic accidents over the past nine days across Turkey during the Eid...

CHP deputy asks ministry for information on 22K inmates without beds in Turkish prisons

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara deputy Murat Emir applied to the Justice Ministry on Sunday for information on the reportedly 22,000 inmates...

Pro-Erdoğan dailies accuse US, Germany of supporting terror groups against Turkey

Turkey's Sabah and Takvim dailies, once managed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's son-in-law and Turkish Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, targeted the German and...

AKP member claims earth is flat, anyone saying it’s round is a ‘freemason’

In an article published on the official website of a local youth branch of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), a young man...

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