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Ministry of Health: Soldiers infected with salmonella from tainted food

The Turkish Ministry of Health has announced that soldiers who were hospitalized at the end of May in Manisa province due to suspected food...

6 more academics detained in anti-Gülen operation

Six academics including a rector were detained at Namık Kemal University in Tekirdağ due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is...

Renowned writer Altan tells court indictment lacks legal grounds, evidence

Well-known Turkish writer and journalist Ahmet Altan, who has been jailed since September on the grounds that he had prior knowledge of a failed...

Wife of slain captain refuses to shake hands with Turkish army chief

Sevim Üçöz, the widow of a captain who was killed in a terrorist attack in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, refused to shake hands with...

Nationalists protest installation of Rabia sign statue in Düzce

Members of Turkish nationalist movement the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları) on Wednesday night held a demonstration in the northwestern Turkish province of Düzce in...

[UPDATE] Man who attacked woman for wearing shorts to be tried without arrest

An İstanbul court on Thursday ruled that Ercan Kızılateş, who attacked a woman named Melisa Sağlam on a minibus in İstanbul’s Pendik neighborhood last...

Former AKP deputy detained over ByLock use

Former Justice and Development Party (AKP) Yalova deputy Şükrü Önder has been detained for his use of a smart phone application known as ByLock,...

CHP presents evidence Erdoğan interfered with judiciary to intimidate media

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has revealed a document that proves President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's office interfered with the judiciary to intimidate...

Pro-LGBT NGOs to file complaint against nationalists over threat to Pride Week parade

A group of NGOs announced on Wednesday that they plan to file a criminal complaint against the head of the nationalist Alperen Ocakları’s İstanbul...

Ergenekon retrials begin after top appeals court overturns verdict

Retrials began on Wednesday in the case of the clandestine Ergenekon organization after Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals in April 2016 overturned an earlier verdict...

CHP deputy files complaint against Deputy PM over remarks on MİT trucks

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Ankara deputy Murat Emir has filed a criminal complaint against Deputy Prime Minister Yıldırım Tuğrul Türkeş due to...

Teacher who turned self in for Gülen links gets seven-and-a-half years in prison

A court in western Aydın province has sentenced a teacher to seven-and-a-half years in prison after he turned himself claiming he was a sympathizer...

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