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7 cemevis granted status of house of worship in Ä°zmir

The Ä°zmir Municipality in western Turkey has granted the status of house of worship to seven cemevis, buildings where Alevis hold religious services, in the city,...

Opposition deputy criticizes exclusion of Kurdish languages from Ä°stanbul Airport services

Meral Danış Beştaş, a Kurdish party deputy, has criticized the exclusion of Kurdish languages from the newly opened İstanbul airport’s translation services for international passengers, which...

Turkish prosecutor seeks up to 9 years, 4 months for novelist Aslı Erdoğan

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded up to nine years, four months in prison for novelist and journalist Aslı Erdoğan for allegedly disseminating terrorist propaganda, Deutsche Welle Turkish...

Famous social security expert, journalist briefly detained over Gülen links

Ali Tezel, a journalist and social security expert, was briefly detained on Monday due to social media posts about the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish...

Conscript who killed Armenian-Turkish private gets 16 years in prison

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 16 years, eight months to Kıvanç Ağaoğlu, who shot a Turkish soldier of Armenian descent in...

Some bullets used in 2016 coup attempt did not belong to Turkish military, journalist claims

Ammunition used on the night of a bloody coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016, did not belong to the Turkish military, raising questions about...

Woman with high risk pregnancy jailed over Gülen links

A young woman who is 18 weeks pregnant and has a risk of miscarriage has been arrested in the western province of Ä°zmir due...

Assyrian priest arrested in Turkey during military operation

An Assyrian priest from the Mor Yakup Church, also known as Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis, in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin, was arrested...

More than 1,000 alleged Gülen followers detained near Greek border since failed coup

A total of 1,086 Turkish nationals who were allegedly members of the faith-based Gülen movement have been detained by security forces at the Turkish-Greek border since...

ErdoÄŸan knew about coup preparations one month before July 15, politician claims

Central Party (Merkez Parti) Chairman Abdurrahim Karslı has claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and top state officials were informed about preparations in the Turkish Armed...

108 journalists behind bars in Turkey, report reveals

There are 108 journalists in Turkey’s prisons, and Turkey is the second biggest jailer of journalists in the world, according to a report drafted by an...

Erdoğan criticizes Turkey’s young people for getting married ‘late’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who frequently makes recommendations concerning citizens’ choices about their private lives, has this time criticized the late marriage age among the country’s...

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