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Erdoğan says head of intelligence must be tied to head of state

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that it is natural for a head of state to receive intelligence directly from the intelligence...

KCK official says Kurdish militants captured Turkish MİT agents in northern Iraq

Diyar Xerîb, General Presidential Council member of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organization that encompasses the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), confirmed...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s growing personality cult in Turkey

Abdullah Bozkurt Almost the entire Cabinet and senior members of the ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) government now follow the personality cult of Turkish...

Coup suspect soldier says he acted thinking putsch was within chain of command

Army Aviation Command Attack Helicopter Squadron Commander Lieutenant Colonel Özcan Karacan, Army Aviation Command Attack Helicopter Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Özcan Karacan, who was recently...

Court arrests former national team goalkeeper on charges of ByLock use

Ömer Çatkıç, a former Turkish national football team goalkeeper who was detained on Aug. 22 over links to the Gülen movement, accused of being...

CHP leader Kılıçdaroğlu says President Erdoğan scared of him

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is afraid of him and sees him as...

Interior Ministry announces 22 PKK militants killed, 10 surrender in one week

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 22 outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists have been killed, 10 militants surrendered...

Maximum pretrial detention in Turkey increased from 5 to 7 years

As thousands of people imprisoned under the country’s sweeping anti-terror laws have been languishing in jail for years awaiting trial, a new decree issued...

İHD: 2,722 killed since end of settlement process in July 2015

A report released by the Human Rights Association (İHD) has revealed that 2,722 people have been killed in violence in Turkey’s Southeast since the...

Deputy head of Konyaspor also revealed to be ByLock user

Following the resignation of Ahmet Şan, chairman of Turkey’s Atiker Konyaspor football club, due to an investigation into users of ByLock, a smart phone...

7 PKK members ‘neutralized’ across Turkey

The Turkish Interior Ministry has announced that a total of seven outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists were neutralized across Turkey on Sunday, DHA...

Sultan Abdulhamid II’s grandson says Al Bab belongs to his family

Orhan Osmanoğlu, the grandson of Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II, has said the areas north of Aleppo and Al Bab in northern Syria belong to...

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