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Police detain Russian ISIL militant planning to down US aircraft at İncirlik, attack Alevi foundation

Turkish police on Thursday detained a Russian member of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who was reportedly planning to down...

HDP’s Baydemir: Not surprised if Kılıçdaroğlu arrested

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy and spokesperson Osman Baydemir on Thursday said it would not be a surprise if  Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader...

Turkish police deny torturing villagers while investigation continues

Turkey's General Directorate of Security on Thursday denied torturing thirty-six villagers who were detained on July 5 as part of an operation by Turkish...

Detention warrants issued for 35 journalists over ByLock use

Detention warrants have been issued for 35 journalists over the use of a smart phone application known as ByLock, the Cumhuriyet daily reported on...

Erdoğan signals major shakeup in AKP before preparations launched for 2019 election

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hinted at a major reorganization in the administration of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) before the 2019 presidential...

Pro-Erdoğan businessman to sell 529 armored vehicles to Turkish military

BMC, a commercial vehicle manufacturer that also produces trucks for the defense industry and is owned by Ethem Sancak, a staunch supporter of President...

Staff member disappears after swindling state-run TRT out of TL 5 million

Aysun E., who worked as a subcontracted office assistant at Turkey’s state-run Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) İstanbul office, disappeared after swindling the...

[UPDATE] CHP deputy claims new intelligence organization formed for profiling Erdoğan opponents

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Bülent Tezcan said on Wednesday that a newly established intelligence organization under the Turkish Presidency is...

Military chief not held by force, says former rear admiral coup suspect

Former İstanbul Northern Sea Area Commander and Rear Admiral Ömer Faruk Harmancık, one of the suspects in a trial concerning a failed coup in...

Top court: Turkey jails 2,431 judges, prosecutors, dismisses 4,424 since coup

The Turkish government has arrested a total of 2,431 judges and prosecutors and dismissed 4,424 others since a botched coup attempt on July 15,...

Turkish gov’t instructs prosecutors to ban lawyers under investigation from defending suspects

The Turkish Ministry of Justice has instructed high criminal court prosecutors to ban lawyers under investigation from defending suspects and convicts accused of terror...

Turkish-Armenian intellectual says gov’t seized his money

Turkish-Armenian linguist and writer Sevan Nişanyan, who escaped from a prison in İzmir last month, has said money he kept in a bank account...

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