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Ankara Governor’s Office bans lighting fires, singing songs in street protests

The Ankara Governor's Office has prohibited the lighting of fires and signing of songs in street protests after sunset in Turkey's capital city. A statement...

Former Akdeniz University rector detained over Gülen links

Former rector of the Antalya-based Akdeniz University, Professor İsrafil Kurtcephe, has been detained over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement. Kurtcephe was detained at...

Coup suspect colonel says he received order from general to act against a terror attack

One of the suspects in an ongoing trial into a failed coup attempt on July 15, Col. Fırat Alakuş, has said he received an...

[UPDATE] 7 security force members killed in clashes with PKK in 2 days

Five soldiers and two village guards were killed in clashes between outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists and Turkish security forces in Turkey's southeast...

Father ends hunger strike after receiving son’s remains on 90th day of protest

Kemal Gün, a 70-year-old man who was on a hunger strike to obtain the remains of his son, a militant of the far-left Revolutionary...

20-year jail sentence sought for educators on hunger strike on terror charges

An indictment charging Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two educators who went on a hunger strike after they were fired by government decrees in...

Brig. general: July 15 carried out under control of chief of staff, intel head

Brig. Gen. Erhan Caha, one of 221 suspects including over two dozen former Turkish generals accused of being ringleaders of an attempted coup on...

Nokta editor detained while attempting to leave Turkey

Murat Çapan, a Nokta magazine editor who on Monday was sentenced to 22 years, six months for two cover stories, was detained along with...

2 HDP deputies face removal of parliamentary status

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuğba Hezer Öztürk have been referred to a parliamentary joint commission for removal of their...

PM Yıldırım elected as AKP parliamentary group chairman

Following the election of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on Sunday, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım...

Detention warrants issued for 139 at ministries, Ankara Municipality over Gülen links

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued detention warrants for 139 people working at the Education Ministry, Development Ministry and the Ankara Metropolitan...

Turkish colonel accusing Gülen of coup plotting says his testimony taken under torture

A Turkish colonel whose testimony was key to supporting the Turkish government’s argument that a failed military coup attempt on July 15, 2016 was...

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