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Police officer suspended due to Gülen links commits suicide

A police officer who was suspended from his job due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement committed suicide on Saturday shortly after...

Defense Ministry, not army chief, to decide appointment of force commanders

Turkey's Defense Ministry will from now on initiate the appointments process of force commanders in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), unlike the past practice...

[VIDEO] Suspicious fire breaks out in Sürmene following visit by Qatari emir

A fire that broke out in the Sürmene district the Black Sea province of Trabzon on Saturday night has led to questions of whether...

5, including 4 police officers, arrested in connection to murder of Russian ambassador

Five people, four of whom are police officers, who had been detained in connection to the murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey have...

Turkish academic in Malay jail for weeks at Turkey’s request

A Turkish academic with a valid Malaysian visa was arrested by Malay officials on Dec. 13 upon an alleged request by Turkish authorities in...

Another soldier dies, bringing fatalities to 45 in operations against ISIL

One more Turkish soldier wounded in an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack in Syria’s al-Bab region died on Saturday, increasing...

2 suicide bombers detained in southeastern Turkey

Turkish authorities announced on Saturday that five terrorists, two of whom were trained as suicide bombers, were detained in Şanlıurfa after illegally crossing the...

Kılıçdaroğlu says pro-government media no different than PKK

Slamming the smear campaigns of the pro-government media against critics, Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said on Saturday that...

Turkish Air Force recruiting pilots who previously failed competency tests

After a massive purge within the military, the Turkish Air Force has been recruiting pilot candidates who were unable to pass competency tests in...

Persistent academic protester among 649 recently purged

Academic Nuriye Gülmen, who was detained dozens of times for protesting dismissal from her university position, has been purged from the civil service along...

[UPDATE] New decrees dismiss 8,390 more people in Turkey

With three new decrees that Turkey issued on Friday night, enabled by state of emergency powers, 8,390 people were purged from public service and...

Turkey to cancel licenses of media outlets disobeying gag orders

The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) will be able cancel licenses of Turkish media outlets as part of new decrees issued on Friday...

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