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Turkish opposition mayor arrested over Gülen links

A district mayor from Turkey’s main opposition party was arrested on Monday evening due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Turkish media reported. İbrahim...

Pro-Erdoğan journalist predicts mass detentions of AKP figures if Erdoğan voted out of office

Journalist Cem Küçük, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said if Erdoğan or his...

562,581 people investigated, 91,000 arrested over Gülen links since coup attempt

Turkish prosecutors have investigated a total of 562,581 people while courts have arrested 91,610 individuals on allegations of terrorism due to their alleged links to the...

Parents jailed over Gülen links not allowed see their children for 9 months

Parents of four Bedia Baş and Abdülkadir Baş, who were arrested on terrorism charges in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey in 2016...

Turkish court acquits all defendants in clandestine JİTEM network trial

A high criminal court in Ankara has acquitted all defendants of murder in a trial involving the enforced disappearance or execution of 19 people in Turkey’s...

Turkey’s prison population increased by 14 pct to 265,000 in 2018: TurkStat

The number of inmates in Turkey’s prisons who were either in pre-trial detention or convicted of a crime was 265,000 in 2018, a 14 percent increase...

Turkey orders detention of 218 in post-coup crackdown against Gülen followers

Turkish prosecutors in Ankara, İstanbul and Balıkesir ordered the detention of 218 suspects, including current and former public servants at the Justice Ministry and police officers,...

İmamoğlu describes Canal İstanbul project as ‘treason against the city’ in response to Erdoğan

As a war of words resumed between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu over the long-planned Canal İstanbul project, the latter...

221 ex-military officers apply to testify against Turkish defense minister in dispute with opposition deputy

A total of 221 retired Turkish military officers have applied to a court to testify against Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in a dispute with an opposition...

Former Turkish PM Davutoğlu launches new party opposed to ‘leader cult’ politics

A former Turkish premier and ex-ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched a new party on Friday, saying it would stand against “cult of the leader”...

Cancer patient arrested over Gülen links shortly after surgery

A woman in the southern Turkish province of Antalya who underwent surgery a month ago has been arrested on terrorism charges due to her alleged links...

Personal masseuse to former Ankara mayor was on municipal payroll

A Moldovan woman who was employed by the Ankara Municipality during the time in office of former Justice and Development Party (AKP) Mayor Melih Gökçek was...

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