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Erdoğan’s spokesman claims Trump administration working on Gülen’s extradition

İbrahim Kalın, spokesperson for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Sunday on TV that the Trump administration is working on Turkey’s request for the...

Former EU affairs minister says Turkey should approve executive presidency to avoid civil war

Disgraced former Minister of European Union Affairs Egemen Bağış said in a radio show on Saturday that citizens in Turkey should vote in favor...

Visually impaired journalist detained and released again

Visually impaired journalist Cüneyt Arat, who is facing terror charges due to his alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, was detained again in...

Turkey jails 84 pro-Kurdish mayors, seizes 54 municipalities to date

The Turkish government has arrested a total of 84 co-mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the past couple of months while...

Groundbreaking ceremony held for Gallipoli suspension bridge

The groundbreaking ceremony for a new bridge on the Gallipoli strait was held Saturday on the 102nd anniversary of the victory of the Battle...

740 detained in operations against the PKK

The Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Saturday that a total of 740 people have been detained as part of operations across Turkey against...

Erdoğan signals reinstatement of death penalty after referendum

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday that Parliament is expected to reinstate capital punishment after an April 16 referendum that will switch...

German intelligence head: We are not convinced Gülen is behind coup attempt

The head of the Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Bruno Kahl, said Turkey could not convince them that Muslim scholar Fethullah Gülen was behind...

Detention warrants issued for 23 purged judges, prosecutors

Detention warrants were issued for 23 dismissed judges and prosecutors in İzmir as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement and a failed coup...

Septuagenarian remains in solitary confinement for months over coup charges

A seventy-year-old man from western Turkey, Ahmet Akdoğan, has been held in solitary confinement for seven months over alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Turkey’s top judicial body dismisses 202 judges, prosecutors over Gülen links

Turkey's Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) on Friday dismissed 202 judges and prosecutors over their links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which...

Turkish gov’t dismissed 22,920 military personnel after July 15

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık stated that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government dismissed a total of 22,920 military personnel after a...

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