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51 academics from İstanbul University detained, Central Party leader on list

Turkish police on Friday detained 51 academics out of 87 at İstanbul University for whom warrants were issued over links to the Gülen movement. Central...

Justice Ministry, BTK fail to answer question on number of censored news portals

Turkey's Justice Ministry and the Turkish Telecommunications Authority (BTK) have been unable to respond to a question about the number of online news sites...

Press organizations to meet at Silivri Prison in solidarity with jailed journalists

Representatives from nine international and Turkish journalism organizations, including PEN International and Reporters Without Borders, will come together in front of Silivri Prison on...

CHP leader implies his brother might have been bribed by gov’t

Leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has hinted that his brother, who accused him of having been deceived by...

Jailed author: We stayed on alert in fear of staged prison revolts, massacres

Internationally known Turkish author Aslı Erdoğan, who is currently in jail, said that due to rumors of revolts in prisons she and other inmates...

Man who attacked pregnant woman in park arrested

A man who attacked a four-months pregnant woman in a park in Manisa's Turgutlu district while the woman was doing fitness activities on Wednesday...

Venice Commission: Turkey’s state of emergency measures went too far

The Council of Europe’s (COE) expert body on legal and constitutional affairs, the Venice Commission, on Friday adopted an opinion stating that Turkey has...

Police alerted to new ISIS attacks in Turkey

A secret Turkish police intelligence memo says the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) plans simultaneous car bomb attacks in the capital...

AKP says referendum on presidential system could be held in spring

The Turkish government has said a referendum on a constitutional amendment for switching to a presidential system of governance could be held in the...

Turkey jails two more female pro-Kurdish mayors

A court in Turkey’s eastern Hakkari province on Thursday arrested Adile Kozay, the co-mayor of Yüksekova, and Hilal Duman, the co-mayor of Çukurca, on...

Turkey sends 300 troops to reinforce operations in Syria: state media

Turkey has deployed 300 commandos to northern Syria to reinforce Operation Euphrates Shield aimed at pushing Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

Nationalist daily Yeniçağ’s headquarters attacked in İstanbul

A group of assailants on Thursday evening attacked the headquarters of the nationalist Yeniçağ daily in the Yenibosna neighborhood of İstanbul. The newspaper said in...

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