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[UPDATE] 922 more, including 120 academics, 190 diplomats dismissed by gov’t

With two new decrees that Turkey issued on Friday morning, enabled by state of emergency powers, 922 more people, including 120 academics and 190...

District governor detained over ByLock app use

Berkan Sönmezay, district governor of Söğüt in Bilecik province, was detained on Thursday over his alleged use of ByLock, a smart phone application that...

Turkey says Berlin failed to respond to Ankara’s diplomatic note on key coup suspect

Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on Thursday that Germany has not responded to a diplomatic note from Turkey asking about reports that Adil...

Parliament rejects Demirtaş’s request to attend HDP meetings via SEGBİS

A request by Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November, to address his party members from...

Samsun governor says teachers can beat students to discipline them

Samsun Governor Osman Kaymak, who was appointed from Tunceli province last month, has told teachers that they can beat students in order to discipline...

Motion filed against HDP deputy for ‘terror propaganda’

A motion has been filed against pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır deputy Sibel Yiğitalp for “terrorist propaganda” and “explicitly insulting the government of...

MHP chair says referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan is reason for war for Turkey

Chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli has said an independence referendum in northern Iraq must be seen as a reason for...

Kılıçdaroğlu says Erdoğan has occupied all state institutions

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said Turkish President and Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep...

District gendarmerie commander in northeast Turkey detained over links to Gülen movement

Lt. Zabit Zengin, gendarmerie commander in the Maçka district of northeastern Trabzon province, was detained on Wednesday as part of an İzmir-based investigation into...

Another former deputy resigns from MHP to join Akşener’s new party

Former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Isparta deputy Süleyman Nevzat Korkmaz resigned from his party to join a new party that will be launched in...

Akşener to be presidential candidate from new party in 2019 election, former MHP deputy says

Meral Akşener, a popular political figure among voters in Turkey and a former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputy, will be the presidential candidate from...

Soldier arrested for insulting Atatürk on social media

An İstanbul court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Spc. Sgt. Erdal Kaya, who allegedly insulted Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on his social...

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