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Turkish justice minister says 39,378 arrested, 92,607 detained since failed coup

The Turkish government has arrested a total of 39,378 people and detained another 92,607 since a failed coup attempt on July 15, Turkish Justice...

With new decree Turkey shuts down 9 more newspapers, bringing total to 195

With new state of emergency decrees issued on Tuesday, the Turkish government has shut down nine more local newspaper operating in various regions of...

Demirtaş urges parliamentary action against imprisonment of 10 deputies

In a question submitted from prison, Co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş on Tuesday challenged the Turkish Parliament, asking whether they...

Deceased soldier expelled from military in latest decree

  The appearance of the name of a deceased soldier in the latest state of emergency decree on Tuesday raises suspicions that lists for the...

Kılıçdaroğlu’s speech censored on Parliament’s TBMM TV

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’s regular weekly address to his party’s parliamentary group was cut short by TBMM TV, a...

7th body retrieved from mine collapse in Siirt, search continues for 9 missing

Search and rescue teams on Tuesday retrieved the body of a seventh miner from a copper mine that collapsed in the province of Siirt...

Erdoğan says shop owners shuttering stores in SE to pay price

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said shop owners in Turkey's Southeast who are closing their stores due to threats from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party...

[AUDIO] German tourist who advocated Demirtaş’s release subjected to police violence

A German tourist, Leonard Viohl, who hung posters calling for the release of Kurdish opposition leader Selahattin Demirtaş, was subjected to verbal and physical...

Turkey issues arrest warrant for renowned businessman Kalkavan

An arrest warrant has been issued for prominent Turkish businessman İhsan Kalkavan as part of an ongoing crackdown on the alleged followers of the...

Man who sought AKP mayoral candidacy masterminded Derik attack, daily claims

A man who sought to become a mayoral candidate from the ranks of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Mardin's Derik district in...

[UPDATE] More than 15,000 purged from state bodies through new gov’t decrees

As part of new state of emergency decrees issued on Tuesday, the Turkish government dismissed more than 15,000 public servants, including 1,988 from the...

Pro-Kurdish HDP to return to Parliament, ending boycott

Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) will resume participation in parliamentary sessions from Tuesday, ending a boycott it launched this month after the arrest...

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