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Turkey to extend state of emergency until July 20

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced on Thursday that a currently ongoing state of emergency will be extended for three more months and remain in...

[VIDEO] MHP deputies attacked while campaigning for ‘no’ vote in upcoming referendum

Opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputies Ümit Özdağ and Yusuf Halaçoğlu were attacked as they were set to deliver speeches as part of a...

[VIDEO] Women celebrating Int’l Women’s Day attacked by mob in İstanbul

Female students celebrating International Women's Day at İstanbul Bilgi University were attacked by a mob that illegally entered the university campus. According to a statement...

[BREAKING] Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu cancels referendum speech in Netherlands

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu canceled his Netherlands campaign program for an April 16 referendum in Turkey after the Dutch government announced last week...

UN official says state of emergency measures target criticism, not terrorism, in Turkey

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein has voiced concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in Turkey, saying that measures...

Education Ministry takes out name of world-famous pianist from draft curriculum

Turkey's Education Ministry has removed the name of world-famous Turkish pianist Fazıl Say from the draft curriculum of the music lesson in middle school,...

Int’l academics launch petition campaign for release of jailed professor Gözaydın

More than 300 academics from around the world have launched a petition campaign demanding the release of prominent professor and social scientist İştar Gözaydın,...

ECtHR to take up journalist Alpay’s case with priority

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has decided to examine an application filed by jailed journalist Şahin Alpay's lawyers for the release of...

31 including professors detained at Anadolu University over Gülen ties

A total of 31 employees from the Eskişehir-based Anadolu University including professors were detained on Wednesday due to their alleged links to the Gülen...

Detention warrants issued for 142 across 32 provinces over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for a total of 142 people across 32 provinces due to their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen...

Coup suspect commander says he learned from TV that he was actually sent to kill Erdoğan

Pilot Col. Murat Dağlı, who was the İzmir 3rd Army Aviation Regiment commander and the first pilot of a helicopter that allegedly carried a...

Post-coup victim judge succumbs to cancer after release from prison

Mehmet Tosun, a 29-year-old Turkish judge who was expelled from his job and subsequently arrested over alleged involvement in a July 15 coup attempt...

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