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HRW says crackdown on Kurdish politicians interferes with rights of voters

Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based international nongovernmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights, said an ongoing crackdown on democratically elected...

HDP deputy Taşdemir detained in Ağrı province

A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Dilan Dirayet Taşdemir, was detained on Monday in her house in Ağrı's Doğubeyazıt district in...

Hagia Sophia to be opened to Muslim prayer by AKP, daily claims

Turkey's historic Hagia Sophia museum will be converted into a mosque, and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and officials from the Justice and Development Party...

Dozens of Twitter accounts blocked in Turkey by court

An Ankara court has blocked access to dozens of Twitter accounts in Turkey which are critical of the Turkish government or President Recep Tayyip...

Interior Ministry says 966 detained in anti-Gülen operations since March 13

A total of 966 people were detained in operations targeting the faith-based Gülen movement over the past week, according to a statement from Turkey’s...

Southeastern offices of human rights organization closed down

Sixteen offices of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (Mazlumder) in mainly Kurdish-populated cities were closed down on Sunday at...

MHP youth wing chairman says they will take up arms if necessary

Olcay Kılavuz, president of the Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) youth wing the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), said on Sunday that they don't want tension...

[VIDEO] Erdoğan says Europe’s masquerade ball is over

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that Europe’s “masquerade ball’ is over as several European countries are now openly "in the field"...

2 soldiers, 6 PKK members killed in clashes

Two soldiers, one of them a captain, were killed in clashes with members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Lice district...

Turkish defense minister calls BND chief ‘blind or deaf’ for Gülen remarks

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık reacted to a recent statement by German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) chief Bruno Kahl, who said Turkey had failed...

Report: Gov’t ponders purging 90,000 military officers

In a new phase of an investigation into a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, the government plans to probe 90,000 more military...

After luring reporters, Ankara mayor says Western journalists disturbed by ‘US founded ISIL’ remark

The mayor of Turkey’s capital of Ankara, Melih Gökçek, who last week was under fire for luring a group of Western journalists to Turkey,...

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