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Turkey averts military coup as army head saved from coup plotters; 104 rebels soldiers killed

Turkey has prevented a military coup attempt after a total of 90 people, including 47 civilians, 41 policemen and two soldiers, were killed in...

Soldiers withdraw from İstanbul airport; one colonel, 3 soldiers detained in military coup attempt

Soldiers have started to pull back from the İstanbul Atatürk Airport and one colonel, along with three soldiers, have been detained by police, while...

State broadcaster occupied by military, curfew declared, while president calls for street protests

The state broadcaster TRT was occupied by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and a statement issued by the TSK was read out loud by...

Turkish Armed Forces: Administration taken over to reinstate rule of law

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) issued a statement on its official website, saying that it has fully taken over the administration of the country...

PM Yıldırım: There is an attempt of uprising within military

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım told the CNN Türk in a live broadcast that there is an attempt of uprising within the military, adding...

Curfew imposed on southeastern province of Siirt for military operation on PKK

The government imposed curfew on the southeastern province of Siirt at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, following an attack by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party...

Court appoints trustees to 12 schools in Gaziantep as part of government-led move

A court in the southeastern province of Gaziantep ordered that a five-strong board of trustees be appointed to the Güney Institutes of Education, which...

5 released pending trial in ISIS bombing of German tourists in İstanbul

Five suspects have been released pending trial in the case concerning the suicide attack by the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...

Human rights organizations call for Turkish gov’t to relaunch settlement process

Five non-governmental organizations have examined operations carried out by the Turkish security force members in order to eliminate Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists in...

RTÜK starts examining show on pro-gov’t TV channel over claims of terrorist propaganda

The Radio and Television Supreme Council’s Monitoring and Evaluation Department has started examining a political TV show titled “Sınır İhlali” (Border Breach) aired by...

Perpetrator of sexual assault on Metro Tourism bus sentenced to 6 years in jail

A steward of Metro Tourism, who perpetrated a sexual assault on an intercity bus late in May, was sentenced to six years and three...

Deputy mayors and 9 others arrested for “terrorism” charges in eastern Turkey

Mustafa Alpaslan and Zeynel Abidin Bozkurt, the deputy mayors of the eastern district of Diyadin, were detained on Thursday along with 9 others for...

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