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Top Turkish court cancels security investigation requirement for state employment

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has cancelled a controversial article in a law that went into effect during a state of emergency requiring individuals to undergo a security investigation...

63-year-old woman detained after criticizing Turkish gov’t in public market

A 63-year old woman in İstanbul was detained after she criticized the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in a public market in Çatalca, according to...

Turkey bans sale of cyanide to public following series of suicides

The public sale of cyanide compounds has been banned by Turkish authorities in the aftermath of several instances of suicide by cyanide poisoning, Turkish media reported....

16,300 HDP members detained, 3,500 jailed since 2015

A total of 16,300 members of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been detained while 3,500 others have been sent to jail since 2015, according...

Turkey’s ruling AKP expects opposition mayors to join amid breakaway movements

An unnamed executive from Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said a number of opposition mayors may transfer to their party in the coming days, the...

Turkey dismisses 316 naval officers recruited four years ago

The Turkish Naval Forces has dismissed 316 officers over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, citing the movement’s supposed influence at the time of their recruitment...

Prosecutor demands terror conviction for Amnesty’s honorary Turkey chairman

Prosecutors on Wednesday called for Amnesty International's honorary Turkey chairman to be convicted of membership in a terrorist group, meaning up to 15 years in prison,...

Amnesty launches letter campaign demanding release of jailed journalist Altan

Prominent rights group Amnesty International has launched a letter campaign to secure the release from prison of Turkish journalist and novelist Ahmet Altan, whom...

Man attempts suicide in Turkish parliament after efforts to find a job fail

A man tried to commit suicide in the Turkish parliament by taking a bottle of pills after he met with several deputies seeking their...

Nearly 500 PKK terrorists left inside Turkey, says interior minister

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said at a gendarmerie command meeting on Wednesday that slightly more than 500 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants are left inside...

Former Erdoğan ally criticizes ‘one man rule,’ plans new party by yearend

Former Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan warned on Tuesday of the dangers of “one man rule” and said he hoped to have formed a new...

Turkish court arrests 3 more Kurdish mayors from HDP

As part of a widening crackdown on elected mayors from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), a Turkish court has arrested three district mayors in the...

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