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MHP backs mayoral candidate who threatened rivals in southeastern town

The local chairman of the the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has lent support to a candidate for mayor of Siverek in Şanlıurfa province who...

2 Turkish citizens arrested for insulting ErdoÄŸan on social media

Two Turkish citizens were arrested on Monday by a court for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan on social media, a pro-government daily reported. Forty-nine-year-old...

Demirtaş says trials and charges against him debunked by Europe’s top rights court

Jailed Kurdish political leader Selahattin DemirtaÅŸ on Tuesday issued a statement following a European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) verdict calling for his immediate...

Turkish prosecutors issue 142 detention warrants over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 142 people as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, the...

ErdoÄŸan defends detention of academics with ties to activist businessman Kavala

President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan on Tuesday responded to reactions from the West to the detention of 13 academics on Friday for their alleged involvement...

Main opposition CHP expels deputy over remarks on call to prayer in Turkish

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) disciplinary committee on Tuesday expelled Ardahan deputy Öztürk Yılmaz over his remarks on reciting the call to...

Erdoğan says Turkey not bound by European court’s ruling to release Demirtaş

President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan on Tuesday said that Turkey is not bound by verdicts of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) following the...

Hürriyet daily spoke with pastor Brunson but failed to publish the interview

The Washington representative of Turkey’s Hürriyet daily interviewed US pastor Andrew Brunson, who was kept in pre-trial detention in Turkey on terrorism charges for...

21,957 minors recorded as pregnant over past 18 months, opposition deputy reveals

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Ali Şeker has announced that a total of 21,957 minors in Turkey have been recorded by...

Police officer receives shorter sentence in retrial of Gezi protest death case

A Turkish court on Monday handed down a lesser sentence than was ordered in previous proceedings in the retrial of a police officer who...

HDP deputy: Disgraceful to leave public restroom in Armenian cemetery in Van

Garo Paylan, a deputy from the opposition Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on Monday criticized Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, saying it is a disgrace to...

Journalist to spend several days in prison due to delay in paperwork

A Kurdish journalist will spend several days in jail until legal paperwork for his 11 month, 20 day prison sentence is completed by officials. Journalist...

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