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Active duty soldiers among 152 detentions ordered in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 152 suspects, including active duty military members, as part of a massive post-coup crackdown targeting faith-based Gülen movement...

Former coup plot judge given 13 years in prison over Gülen links

Ömer Diken, a former judge who was on the panel hearing the 2003 Sledgehammer (Balyoz) coup plot trial, has been handed down a prison sentence of...

New İstanbul mayor attracts crowds as he takes city tram to work

In a move unusual for a mayor of İstanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, the newly elected mayor of Turkey’s most populous city, on Monday took a tram in...

City council in Antalya reverses vote, allows Syrian refugees access to public beaches

The municipal council of the Gazipaşa Municipality in the popular Turkish tourist resort of Antalya has voted to continue to allow Syrian refugees access to public beaches,...

More executives resign at İstanbul Municipality after arrival of new mayor

Kasım Kutlu, the director-general responsible for İstanbul’s underground railway infrastructure, and Hüseyin Hacıoğlu from the parking administration, İSPARK, resigned after the newly elected mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, assumed...

Turkish courts handed down sentences to 41 journalists in the first half of 2019

The Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) has announced that the first six months of the year saw the trial of 287 journalists, 41 of whom were sentenced...

Turkey imposed 369 curfews in Southeast in last 4 years: report

Local Turkish authorities imposed 369 curfews in the southeastern region of the country between Aug. 16, 2015 and July 1, 2019, according to the Turkish Human...

İstanbul court acquits defendants accused of Ergenekon membership

The İstanbul 4th High Criminal Court on Monday ruled to acquit 235 defendants who were accused of membership in the “Ergenekon armed terrorist organization,” the state-run...

İstanbul police disperse pride march with pepper spray, rubber bullets

Turkish police on Sunday disrupted an LGBTI+ pride march in İstanbul’s Beyoğlu district, dispersing the crowd with pepper spray and rubber bullets, according to the BBC...

Mob attacks Syrian refugees over child abuse claim in İstanbul

A large group gathered in İstanbul’s İkitelli neighborhood reportedly in reaction to the alleged abuse of a small girl, in a protest that led to looting,...

4 ODTÜ students detained hours before graduation ceremony

Four students from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) were taken into police custody on Sunday, hours before the school’s graduation ceremony, which is usually a venue...

Former PM Davutoğlu calls on AKP to reassess values after İstanbul defeat

Former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu called on ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) management to reassess its values after a stunning defeat in a mayoral election...

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