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Erdoğan targets top religious body for being late in fight against Gülen movement

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) for being late in struggle against faith-based Gülen movement which he blames its...

Ex-deputy police chief arrested when he objects to dismissal at state of emergency bureau

İ.K., a former deputy police chief in Gaziantep who was dismissed by a government decree after a failed coup last year, got detained when...

Key coup suspect general says military chief failed to tell putschists to halt coup attempt

Former Turkish Air Forces Commander and member of the Supreme Military Council Akın Öztürk, a key suspect in a trial concerning a failed coup...

CHP deputy files complaint against AKP member who claimed new Turkish state founded

A Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy has filed a legal complaint against a member of the Central Decision and Administration Board (MKYK) of the...

Turkey deploys more artillery to Syrian border

Turkey deployed more artillery to its Syrian border early Saturday morning, according to the state-run news agency. A military convoy of six long vehicles loaded...

Turkey’s top court denies petitions of over 70,000 purge victims

Turkey's Constitutional Court has rejected the petitions of 70,071 people who were purged from state institutions by means of decrees issued under an ongoing...

Turkish police officer wearing turban and robe suspended after complaints

Kuraner Erbaş, a police officer in Çanakkale's Bayramiç district who was on duty wearing an Islamic turban and robe, was suspended on Friday over...

Coup suspects to wear identical brown uniforms in court, Turkish ministry says

Turkey’s Justice Ministry said on Wednesday that all suspects in ongoing trials concerning a failed coup last year are going to wear identical brown...

CSOs protest ECtHR’s refusal of Turkish hunger strikers’ release request

Civil society organizations (CSOs) including human rights defenders, lawyers and health organizations have protested a rejection by the European Court of Human Rights’s (ECtHR)...

[VIDEO] AKP member: We founded new state, founding leader is Erdoğan

Amid claims that Turkey has undergone a regime change, Ayhan Oğan, a former member of the Central Decision and Administration Board (MKYK) of the...

Turkish military: 46 PKK militants neutralized in one week

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have announced that a total of 46 outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists have been neutralized across Turkey over...

Key coup suspect says he was at Akıncı Airbase for happy hour during 2016 coup attempt

Hakan Çiçek, a defendant in a trial of suspects accused of taking part in a failed coup in 2016, said on Thursday that he...

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