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Turkish parliament speaker’s office denies receiving 2016 coup attempt inquiry report

The speaker’s office of the Turkish parliament has denied having in its archives a parliamentary inquiry report on a 2016 attempted coup that was...

Court cases opened against 41 for alleged irregularities in local Ä°stanbul elections

Three indictments for a total of 41 people who took part in running the March 31 local elections in Ä°stanbul were accepted by three...

Support for MHP, Erdoğan’s ally, decreased to 4 percent, opposition leader says

A nationalist opposition party leader has said public support in Turkey for the ruling party’s ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has decreased to...

Turkey’s Diyanet exceeded its budget, spent TL 3 billion more in 2018

Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, or Diyanet, went beyond the budget allocated to it from the state and spent TL 3 billion more in 2018, according to...

Mothers of jailed military cadets detained after leaving home on day of protest

The mothers of former two military cadets who are among dozens of cadets jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016 were detained...

5 injured as explosion hits riot police bus in southern Turkey

A bomb blast has hit a bus carrying police in Turkey's southern city of Adana, slightly injuring five people, according to local officials. The governor's office in...

Turkish presidency expenses rose by 160 pct from 2017 to 2018: report

The Turkish presidency’s annual expenses increased by 160 percent from 2017 to 2018, according to a recent report by the country’s Supreme Court of Accounts, the...

More than 26,000 people investigated for insulting Turkish president in 2018

A total of 26,115 people were investigated on allegations of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan throughout the year of 2018, indicating a 30 percent increase...

Some 10 percent of Turks earn below $150 a month: report

The monthly income of nearly 8.628 million Turks, some 10 percent of the overall population, is below TL 852 ($150), according to Turkey’s Social Security Institution...

Ailing Kurdish journalist sentenced to 14 years on terrorism charges

The Şırnak 1st High Criminal Court on Tuesday handed down a 14-year prison sentence to Ziya Ataman, a Kurdish journalist suffering from chronic illnesses, on terrorism...

Artist displays 440 pairs of high heels for Turkish women murdered in 2018

Turkish artist Vahit Tuna has mounted 440 pairs of high heels on the facade of a building on a busy Ä°stanbul street, to symbolize...

186 people sought in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown targeting Gülen followers

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 186 people, including military members and ex-police officers, as part of a large-scale post-coup crackdown targeting followers of...

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