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Arrest warrants issued for 2 HDP deputies

As a crackdown against the Kurdish political movement in Turkey continues, a court in Van province on Friday issued arrest warrants for Peoples’ Democratic...

3 Iraqi bomb makers for ISIL detained in northern Turkey

Three Iraqi brothers who allegedly made explosives for Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bombers have been detained in Turkey's northern...

Erdoğan: State of emergency will continue until it produces results

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday that a state of emergency currently in force in Turkey will continue until it produces results, without...

Cumhuriyet reporter fined for ‘defaming civil servants’

The İstanbul 2nd Penal Court of First Instance on Thursday fined Cumhuriyet daily correspondent Canan Coşkun TL 12,600 ($3,250) for a report she wrote...

Turkish PM: State of emergency will continue until Gülen movement completely wiped out

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said in Ankara on Thursday that the state of emergency which was declared following a failed coup attempt in...

Widow of putschist general says court accused her of helping husband with coup after his death

Nazire Terzi, the widow of putschist Brig. Gen. Semih Terzi, said during a hearing in a coup probe on Thursday that she was accused...

PM Yıldırım admits new commission aims to delay ECtHR petitions

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has admitted that a commission recently established by government decree to investigate lawsuits filed during a state of emergency...

Dündar’s news website immediately blocked in Turkey

The “Özgürüz” (We Are Free) website, a German-based online news portal launched on Jan. 24 by exiled Turkish journalist Can Dündar, was blocked in...

Sweden warns citizens against terror attacks in Ankara

In a security warning issued on Thursday, the Swedish Embassy in Ankara advised its citizens to avoid the capital’s central Kızılay district due to...

[UPDATE] After Greece’s refusal to extradite, Turkey issues arrest warrants for 8 soldiers

Hours after the Greek Supreme Court handed down its verdict on an extradition request for eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after a...

ECtHR judge: Flood of applications from Turkey could block the court

  Işıl Karakaş, a Turkish judge serving at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), said on Thursday that an increased number of applications from...

Report on Turkey journalists: 191 jailed, 92 wanted, 839 charged

Turkey’s press freedom woes are worse than you think, says a report published on Thursday by new advocacy group the Stockholm Center for Freedom...

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