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216 more MHP members resign to join Akşener’s new party

A total of 216 members of the Nationalist Movement Party’s (MHP) Çanakkale provincial branch have resigned to join former MHP deputy Meral Akşener, who...

Mother of 7-month-old commits suicide after purged by gov’t decree in Turkey

Sevgi Balcı, mother of a seven-month-old baby and a nurse who was fired by a government decree in October 2016, committed suicide by hanging...

Turkey says 43 PKK terrorists killed in one week

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has said on Saturday that a total of 43 militants of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed in...

Main opposition CHP’s justice congress begins in Çanakkale

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) launched a justice congress in the western province of Çanakkale, demanding the release of jailed CHP deputy...

Turkey releases 3,000 more convicts to open up space in prisons

By means of new decrees issued on Friday, 3,000 more convicts will be released immediately on probation unless they were convicted of terrorism, sexual...

[UPDATE] Prime coup suspect took 3 domestic flights after July 15: report

Adil Öksüz, the prime suspect in a failed coup in Turkey last July, took at least three domestic flights following his release in the...

Coup suspect staff colonel says intelligence members visited Akıncı Airbase before coup attempt

Staff Col. Ahmet Özçetin, a suspect in the July 15, 2016 coup attempt trial and former operations commander at Akıncı Airbase, which Turkish authorities...

Turkish police besiege World Heritage Site Sur, forcibly evict hundreds of Kurds

Hundreds of Kurds who live in Diyarbakır’s Sur district face imminent eviction by the Turkish government as the site will reportedly undergo reconstruction to...

Gov’t-shuttered dihaber news agency says it will continue to expose the truth

The pro-Kurdish dihaber news agency, which was shut down by the most recent government decree published early Friday morning, announced that it will continue...

New gov’t decrees put Turkish Parliament under Erdoğan’s control, says opposition

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputies have protested new government decrees issued on Friday and said...

20,000 policemen, 6,000 judges and prosecutors to be employed

Turkey’s Justice Ministry will employ 4,000 new judges and prosecutors and 2,000 interns for judgeships and Turkey’s Security Directorate General will recruit 20,000 policemen...

Turkish intelligence tied to Erdoğan by new gov’t decree

The Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MİT) was tied to the presidency with two new decrees that Turkey issued on Friday morning, enabled by state...

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