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Judge who arrested 23 businessmen for using ByLock app jailed on same charge

  An Adana judge who arrested 23 businessmen for using the ByLock mobile application in mid-August has been jailed on the same charge.   Turkish prosecutors claim...

AKUT asked to vacate headquarters amid political pressure

Turkey’s prominent Search and Rescue Association (AKUT) was given 15 days by the governor’s office to vacate its headquarters in İstanbul following the chairman’s...

Erdoğan suggests abolition of university elections, appointment of rectors instead

Despite his constant emphasis on the importance of elections and the “national will,” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan believes elections for university rectors cause...

36 civil servants detained in Bartın-based operation

  Another 36 state workers have been detained over alleged links to the Gülen movement.   Police carried out operations on Tuesday in eight provinces including Bartın...

KCK threatens trustees appointed to Kurdish municipalities

The Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organization that encompasses the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has renewed its threat against trustees appointed to...

HDP co-chair says some 90 deputies, mostly from AKP, knew about coup plans

Co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş has claimed dozens of deputies, mostly from the ranks of the Justice and Development...

PM says Turkey to hold referendum on presidential system ‘as soon as possible’

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said his Justice and Development Party (AKP) will try to ensure that a referendum on Turkey's switch to an...

CHP leader asks Bahçeli why MHP seeks to legitimize de facto executive presidency

The leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP) has criticized the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) over its indirect support for a switch to a...

17 judges and prosecutors arrested in İstanbul for ByLock use  

Seventeen judges and prosecutors who were recently detained as part of an operation against people using a smart phone application called ByLock were arrested...

Islamic scholar Gülen’s brother arrested after 15 days under detention

One of the brothers of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, Kutbettin Gülen, who was detained in the western province of İzmir on Oct. 2,...

MHP leader Bahçeli calls for referendum on switch to presidential system

Leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) Devlet Bahçeli on Tuesday called for a referendum to decide whether Turkey should adopt an executive presidency,...

61 more police officers arrested over ByLock use

Sixty-one more police officers have been arrested due to their use of a smart phone application called ByLock, raising the number of police officers...

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