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Ex-President Gül to announce decision on presidential candidacy on Saturday

Amid ongoing debates as to whether he will run for the presidency in Turkey's June 24 presidential election, former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has...

AI: Chilling climate of fear sweeping across Turkey under state of emergency

"A chilling climate of fear is sweeping across Turkish society as the Turkish government continues to use the state of emergency to shrink the...

CHP deputy says party will field candidate that will make Erdoğan ‘the craziest’

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy group chairman Özgür Özel has said his party will nominate a presidential candidate that will make President Recep Tayyip...

Jailed journalist Altan acquitted in Erdoğan insult case

Famous Turkish author and journalist Ahmet Altan, who was jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016, has...

Davutoğlu rebuts speculation, expresses support for Erdoğan

Amid mounting speculation about the candidacy in upcoming elections of former President Abdullah Gül for the opposition parties, former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu...

Cumhuriyet’s Atalay: Happiness impossible while many still in prison

The Cumhuriyet daily’s chief executive officer, Akın Atalay, who was released from pretrial detention last night, said he would be ashamed to be happy...

Detention warrants issued for 26 more military personnel over alleged Gülen links

The Eskişehir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 26 military personnel as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen...

Cumhuriyet journalists given jail sentences on terror charges

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced 14 staff members of the opposition newspaper Cumhuriyet to prison on terrorism charges and acquitted three, one of...

HDP decides to nominate jailed ex-leader Demirtaş for presidency

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which convened its party council on Wednesday, decided to field Selahattin Demirtaş, the party’s former co-chairperson who is...

RSF reports historic decline in press freedom in Turkey

Turkey, which has jailed more than 250 journalists and media workers, is ranked 157th among 180 countries in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released on...

Chief justice says not implementing top court’s rulings out of the question

At a meeting attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s Chief Justice Zühtü Arslan said the rulings of the Constitutional Court concerning the...

Fox TV anchor given suspended sentence for ByLock claim about minister

A suspended jail sentence of 16 months, 20 days has been handed down to Fox TV anchor İsmail Küçükkaya on insult charges due to...

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