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Cleric given 2.5-year jail sentence for insulting Atatürk

Hasan Akar, a cleric from the Nur religious community, has been handed down a 2.5-year sentence on charges of insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the...

[UPDATE] 4 more detained for wearing ‘hero’ T-shirt

Turkish police on Wednesday detained four people wearing a T-shirt bearing the word "hero" in Eskişehir, Aydın and Elazığ provinces, one day after two...

Turkey reshuffles Cabinet, replaces or swaps 11 ministers

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Wednesday announced a new Cabinet list that included replacements or swaps in 11 out of 26 ministries, following...

Period of detention extended for another 7 days for journalist Erdem

Turkish prosecutors have extended the period of detention of journalist Zeki Erdem, who has been in police custody since July 11, for another seven...

Diyarbakır co-mayor faces arrest shortly after release  

An arrest warrant has been issued for Diyarbakır Co-mayor Fırat Anlı, who was released from jail last week, after being arrested on terror charges...

Jail sentence sought for Gırgır cartoonist for insulting sacred values

A prosecutor has drafted an indictment seeking up to 18 months for cartoonist Seyfi Şahin, who used to work for the closed-down popular humor...

Merkel condemns arrest of human rights activists in Turkey

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the arrest of six human rights activists including a German in Turkey and pledged to work for his...

Gülen denies coup involvement, says prime coup suspect tied to Turkish intelligence

Turkish-Islamic Fethullah Gülen said on Tuesday that Adil Öksüz, who is accused by the Turkish government of being the key figure in Turkey’s July...

Detention warrants issued for 2 more HDP deputies

The Batman 2nd High Criminal Court issued a detention warrant on Tuesday for pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Batman deputies Ayşe Acar Başaran and Saadet...

Kılıçdaroğlu challenges Erdoğan to discuss failed coup in TV debate

Main opposition Republican People's Part (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Tuesday challenged Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss a controversial attempted coup in...

Education minister says evolution is out, concept of jihad is in new curriculum in Turkey

Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz has said a new national school curriculum will exclude evolution theory but will include the concept of jihad, or...

Purge victim detained when he objects to dismissal at state of emergency bureau

O.K., a teacher who was previously purged from his job by a government decree after a failed coup in 2016, was detained when he...

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