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Police raid journalist Said Sefa’s house as part of gov’t crackdown on media

Police officers raided independent Haberdar news portal Editor-in-Chief Said Sefa’s house as part of government crackdown, which was expanded after July 15’s failed military...

Retired teacher arrested over ‘insulting Erdoğan’ on social media

Sevim Ö., an 67-year-old retired teacher, was arrested in Şarköy district of the northwestern Tekirdağ province over allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Government to seize assets of coup plotters, keep them until end of investigation

The government is planning on confiscating the assets of the soldiers involved in last week's military coup attempt that was suppressed after over 200...

Trustees appointed to Yamanlar College as part of ongoing gov’t crackdown in Turkey

Trustees were appointed to the Yamanlar College as well as 28 other education institutions as part of government crackdown on the Gülen movement that...

Pro-Kurdish HDP spokesman says state of emergency has nothing to do with democracy

Ayhan Bilgen, spokesman of the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP), has argued that imposing state of emergency to ramp up the crackdown across the...

Turkish Parliament passes 3-month state of emergency

Turkish Parliament has approved a 3-month state of emergency, which concentrates power formally into the hands of the leader by allowing him and his...

102 personnel suspended in Manisa Celal Bayar University after failed coup attempt

A total of 102 public servants from the Manisa Celal Bayar University were suspended from duty as part of a series of massive purges...

Court halts publishing of satirical magazine Leman due to cover depicting failed coup attempt

An İstanbul court ordered on Wednesday to halt the publishing of Turkey's highly popular satirical weekly Leman due to the cover of the magazine's...

Meydan daily editor-in-chief, managing editor released

Meydan daily Editor-in-Chief Levent Kenez and Managing Editor Gülizar Baki, who were detained in what is considered to be part of the major government...

Turkey suspends European Convention on Human Rights during 3-month-long state of emergency

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş told in a press conference on Thursday that Turkey will suspend the European Convention on Human Rİghts (ECHR) during...

Opposition reacts to government for imposing state of emergency despite Parliament’s solidarity

Özgür Özel, parliamentary group deputy chairman of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), said on CNN Türk TV “This is disloyalty to the...

Turkey imposes state of emergency for 3 months in aftermath of coup attempt

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared a three-month-long state of emergency across Turkey on Wednesday night, after presiding over a a Cabinet meeting at the...

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