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Turkish daily fires columnist after refusal to appear in pro-government commercial

Sinem Kaymakçı, a Turkish columnist who used to write for the Habertürk newspaper’s online edition, announced that she had been fired and her columns removed from the...

Turkey detains scores of suspected ISIL members

Turkish police have detained around 100 suspected members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in raids across the country, the state-run Anadolu...

13 journalists arrested, 82 detained in Turkey in 2019, report reveals

Thirteen journalists were sent to jail and 82 others were detained while journalists appeared in court 733 times in Turkey in 2019, according a report drafted...

Turkish court jails yet another pregnant purge victim over Gülen links

Twenty-nine-year-old Serpil Özmermer, who was purged from her job as a civil servant at Turkey’s Justice Ministry following a 2016 failed coup in Turkey, has been...

İstanbulites line up to sign petitions against Erdoğan’s Kanal İstanbul project

Hundreds of Ä°stanbul residents have flocked to provincial urbanization offices to sign petitions against the construction of Kanal Ä°stanbul, which President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan...

Insurer refuses to pay for damage to car because claimant was purged from state job

A Turkish insurance company has rejected a claim for damages sustained in an accident by one of its insureds on the grounds that the claimant is...

Liking pictures of PKK members on social media is free speech, Turkish court says

A Mardin court in southeastern Turkey has ruled to acquit Mürvet Aslan, who liked Facebook content related to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), on the grounds that...

Turkey has dismissed 18,630 military members since failed 2016 coup: ministry

A total of 18,630 military members have been dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement since a...

Turkish court convicts 6 journalists from gov’t-critical daily over Gülen links

A Turkish court on Friday convicted six journalists and one other employee of a government-critical newspaper of aiding the network of a US-based cleric who is...

Ä°stanbul mayor says water shortage first among 15 reasons to oppose canal project

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Wednesday outlined 15 reasons to oppose the government’s planned Canal İstanbul project, with the top objection being the possibility of a water...

Babacan to announce new party in early 2020

Former Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan has said he will launch the new political party he has been working to establish in the early days...

Turkey extends state of emergency commission mandate for a year

A presidential decree published on Thursday extended the term of a commission set up by the government to examine complaints from individuals who were adversely affected by...

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