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Turkey blocks access to 4 more opposition media outlets

Access to opposition news websites sendika.org, dihaber, ANF Türkçe and Özgürlükçü Demokrasi was blocked in Turkey by the government on Tuesday, news website Diken reported. The websites...

Police detain picnicking teachers over coup involvement

Seven teachers were detained while having a picnic at an İstanbul park on Tuesday over alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government...

FM Çavuşoğlu says foolish acts of Europeans increased ‘yes’ vote in referendum

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said he recently told his European counterparts that foolish acts on the part of Europeans have increased the...

4 former parliament speakers call for ‘no’ vote in referendum in joint declaration

Four former speakers of the Turkish Parliament, Kaya Erdem, Hüsamettin Cindoruk, Hikmet Çetin and Hüsamettin Cindoruk, issued a joint declaration on Tuesday in which...

Indictment against Cumhuriyet journalists finalized on 156th day of arrest

İstanbul prosecutors have finally prepared an indictment for Cumhuriyet daily journalists and executives who were arrested in November 2016 on charges of supporting several...

HRW examines what constitutional reforms mean for human rights situation in Turkey  

Turkey will hold a referendum on April 16, 2017, on constitutional amendments that would change the structure of governance in the country from a...

3 soldiers killed, 5 injured in land mine explosion in Şırnak

Three soldiers were killed and five others were injured when a mine believed to have been planted by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists...

Detention warrants issued for 41 Court of Accounts employees over Gülen links

An Ankara prosecutor has issued detention warrants for 41 employees of Turkey's Court of Accounts due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...

Gov’t suspends judges who released journalists

Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has suspended the three judges who on Friday released 21 journalists after eight months of pre-trial...

[VIDEO] Resident asks Erdoğan to seize neighbors’ flats due to Gülen links

The resident of a housing complex in İstanbul to which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently paid a visit asked him to direct authorities to...

CHP leader sparks debate with remarks calling July 15 a ‘controlled’ coup attempt

Leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Monday attracted angry reactions from President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister...

Erdoğan calls on Turks in Europe to defy ‘grandchildren of Nazism’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday called on Turkish voters in Europe to defy the "grandchildren of Nazism" and back a constitutional reform...

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