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2 executives from Turkey’s top business group indicted after gov’t criticism

Prosecutors in İstanbul filed criminal charges against two executives from the country’s leading business group after they criticized government policies in the wake of...

Clashes in Syria’s Latakia threaten peace: Turkish foreign ministry

Turkey on Friday warned against "provocations" in Syria's Latakia province where recent clashes killed dozens in some of the worst violence since Bashar al-Assad's...

More than 133,000 Syrians left Turkey for Syria since Assad’s fall: Erdoğan

More than 133,000 Syrians living in Turkey have returned home in the three months since Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad was toppled, Agence France-Presse reported...

Turkish defense ministry denies establishing new military bases, deploying F-16s in Syria

The Turkish Ministry of Defense has denied reports that it is building new military bases in Syria and that Turkish F-16s recently intercepted Israeli...

Turkey ready to send troops to Ukraine ‘if needed’: defense ministry

Turkey would be ready to deploy troops to Ukraine as part of a broader peacekeeping mission if needed, Agence France-Presse reported on Thursday, citing...

Pro-opposition TV hit with sanctions over alleged pro-coup remarks

Turkey’s media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed sanctions on the pro-opposition Sözcü TV after a guest allegedly hinted at...

Turkish military continues anti-PKK operations despite Öcalan’s call

Turkey’s military has killed 26 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq and Syria since jailed PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan called...

Defense minister, top generals sue main opposition leader for defamation

Turkey’s defense minister and senior military commanders have filed lawsuits against the main opposition leader, accusing him of making defamatory remarks about the military...

10 opposition city officials face up to 15 years on terrorism charges

An indictment drafted by İstanbul prosecutors is seeking prison sentences of up to 15 years for 10 opposition municipal officials who were arrested last...

Turkey presses PKK to disarm ‘immediately’

Turkey on Thursday insisted the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and all groups allied with it must disarm and disband "immediately,” a week after...

Journalist gets suspended sentence for conveying condolences for late cleric Gülen

A Turkish journalist has been handed down a suspended 15-month sentence on conviction of disseminating “terrorist propaganda” for conveying condolences for the late Fethullah...

3 Kurdish writers detained in house raids in Turkey

Three Kurdish writers have been detained in early-morning house raids in İstanbul and southeastern Turkey, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Wednesday. Writers Mevlüt Aykoç,...

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