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55, including HDP, DBP politicians, detained in Diyarbakır

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 55 people including pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) provincial and district co-chairpersons in the...

Turkey arrests 10 Prime Ministry employees over ByLock use

An Ankara court on Tuesday ruled to arrest 10 civil servants working at the Prime Ministry over their use of a smart phone application...

125 more police officers face detention over use of ByLock

As part of an İstanbul-based operation, detention warrants have been issued for 125 police officers including deputy police chiefs due to their use of...

Turkey to increase authority of police, prosecutors for more efficient coup trials

Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government is drafting a package of comprehensive changes to the country's Code on Criminal Procedure (CMK) and the...

Another AKP district chairman killed by PKK militants in eastern Turkey

Deryan Aktert, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) chairman in Diyarbakır’s Dicle district, was killed in an attack by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists...

Imprisoned columnist, former singer Atilla Taş married in prison

Atilla Taş, a former singer and a columnist who was put in jail after a massive post-coup purge in Turkey got married in prison...

43,000 trees to be lost with Black Sea power plant construction

The Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning has approved the construction of a power plant in the touristic Black Sea town of Amasra...

Court rejects appeal for release of journalist Altan

An application filed by lawyers for journalist and author Ahmet Altan, who has been in Silivri Prison since Sept. 23, for the release of...

1 soldier killed, 6 injured in PKK attack in Diyarbakır

Only one day after Turkey lost 15 people, including 10 soldiers, to Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorism in the country's southeastern province of Hakkari,...

1,738 detained while illegally crossing Turkish borders on Sunday

The Turkish military stated on Monday that 1,738 people were caught by border police while attempting to illegally cross Turkish borders on Sunday, the...

TSK says Turkey has lost 88 military members to PKK terrorism since Aug. 29

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) announced in a statement on Monday that a total of 88 military members have been killed in the fight...

Crowds face police intervention as they gather to commemorate Ankara massacre victims

Turkish police on Monday used force against people and detained dozens who wanted to gather in front of Ankara’s central train station to commemorate...

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