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Former President Gül not to join Babacan’s new party: report

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül will not accept a position in a new party that will be established by former Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan but...

Mother calls for lifting of travel ban to seek treatment for son’s cancer abroad

Thirty-three-year-old Zekiye Ataç has called on Turkish authorities to revoke a travel ban imposed on her due to her alleged links to the Gülen...

Turkey removes 4 more Kurdish mayors: report

Turkey removed four more mayors on Wednesday as part of a widening government crackdown on the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), bringing to 20 the number...

Top court issues landmark ruling in case of person imprisoned over Gülen links

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has issued a landmark decision in the case of a person who was sentenced to prison due to alleged links to...

Int’l organizations shocked by Altan’s re-arrest, call for his release

Several international organizations have expressed outrage over the Tuesday re-arrest of well-known Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan, 69, one week after his release from prison. Altan’s...

Turkey revokes security detail assigned to prominent opposition figure

The Turkish government has revoked a protective detail it previously assigned to Canan Kaftancıoğlu, a prominent member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) who was...

[UPDATE] Turkey re-arrests journalist Altan one week after release from jail

Renowned Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan was sent to jail on Tuesday evening one week after he was released from prison where he remained for...

Turkey gives 2,327 defendants life sentences in 2016 coup-related trials

Turkish courts have thus far concluded 270 trials related to a 2016 coup attempt, handing down 3,838 defendants lengthy prison sentences, including 2,327 life sentences, according...

Turkish police detain judge purged after 2016 failed coup

Büşra Taşkıran, a former judge who was dismissed from her job in the aftermath of a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey and currently a journalist,...

Turkey arrests two more Kurdish mayors

As part of a widening government crackdown on the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the co-mayors of İpekyolu in the eastern Turkish province of Van have...

Disabled woman loses health care benefits due to son-in-law’s Gülen links

The health care benefits of a disabled woman were cut off in 2017 because her son-in-law was a purge victim dismissed from public service by a...

Turkey’s RTÜK signals censorship on ice cream ads, citing ‘immorality’

Murat Ellialtı, an executive at Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), said some ice cream ads exceed the “limits of public morality,” hinting at new regulations...

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