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Court rules for continuation of journalist Parıldak’s imprisonment

An Ankara court on Thursday ruled for continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Ayşenur Parıldak, who has been behind bars for six months. Parıldak, a...

YSK will no longer punish media outlets for unfair coverage during election periods

Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) will no longer be able to impose fines and temporarily halt broadcasts of TV or radio stations due to...

Turkish nationals to no longer benefit from visa facilitation on Greek islands

The European Commission has refused to extend a visa facilitation pilot program that allowed Turkish nationals to travel to the islands of the eastern...

8 including faculty dean detained due to Gülen links at İzmir-based university

Eight individuals including Professor Mehmet Ali Malas, dean of the faculty of medicine at Katip Çelebi University in İzmir, were detained on Thursday due...

New gov’t decree paves way for sale of companies seized by state from critics

A new government decree issued on Thursday makes possible the sale of companies seized by the state as part of an ongoing witch hunt...

New gov’t decree authorizes RTÜK to transfer licenses of shuttered media outlets

According to a government decree issued on Thursday, Turkey's media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), will be able to transfer the broadcasting...

Famous Turkish comedian protests purge of academics

Cem Yılmaz, one of Turkey’s most celebrated comedians, reacted adversely to an ongoing purge in the country that most recently dismissed 330 academics from...

YÖK says lists of to-be-purged academics determined by universities

Turkey's Higher Education Board (YÖK) has said the names of academics who are purged from universities through controversial government decrees are determined by the...

13 high-ranking officers arrested over Gülen links in Mardin-based operation

Thirteen out of 20 high-ranking military officers who were recently detained as part of a Mardin-based operation across 12 provinces were arrested on Wednesday...

Erdoğan says 18-year-old deputies will be exempted from military service

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has suggested that when a constitutional amendment allowing individuals as young as 18 years of age to be elected to...

HDP deputy Zana released on judicial probation after brief detention

As a crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) continues, HDP Ağrı deputy Leyla Zana was released after...

[UPDATE] 4 soldiers killed, 13 injured in ISIL attack in Syria’s al-Bab

Four Turkish soldiers were killed and 13 others were injured in an attack perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists in...

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