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Either open accession chapters or goodbye, Erdoğan tells EU

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday called on the European Union to open membership chapters with Turkey, signaling that the bloc's failure to...

President Erdoğan officially becomes AKP member

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday signed a membership form and once again joined the ranks of the ruling Justice and Development Party...

İstanbul cancels invitation to Wikipedia founder after controversial ban

The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality has removed the name of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales from the invitee list of an event that will take place...

Arrest warrant issued for newly released HDP deputy

A Diyarbakır court has ruled for the rearrest of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Nursel Aydoğan, who was released from jail on April...

2,331 more detained last week in witch-hunt targeting Gülen movement

The Turkish Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that 2,331 people were detained in operations targeting the Gülen movement last week. The operations were carried...

High number of invalid votes in naysayer regions ‘inexplicable,’ says pollster

A report analyzing the results of an April 16 referendum released by the KONDA polling company on Monday underlines that the majority of invalid...

Police release 17 academics detained at Dicle University

Seventeen academics who were detained on Monday morning by police at the Diyarbakır-based Dicle University for disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization have...

[UPDATE] At least 207 detained during May Day celebrations in İstanbul

Turkish riot police detained at least 207 people during May Day celebrations across İstanbul on Monday, according to a statement from the İstanbul Governor's...

HDP deputy Ayhan detained at airport in Şanlıurfa  

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Şanlıurfa deputy İbrahim Ayhan was detained at the GAP Airport in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa on Monday morning. Ayhan...

Turkey celebrates May Day under emergency rule, Taksim Square closed again

Celebrations are being held across Turkey to mark May Day under strict security measures due to a state of emergency declared in the aftermath...

Some 200 judges appointed after failed coup purged by latest gov’t decree

Nearly 200 judge trainees who were recruited after a failed coup attempt in Turkey last summer have been purged by the latest government decree,...

Turkish Cabinet rescinds decision freezing ‘warlord’ Hekmatyar’s assets in Turkey

The Turkish Cabinet has reversed a 2013 decision that froze the assets of Afghan warlord and former prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, one of the...

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