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Upper courts reject appeals to release journalists Altan and Alpay

Two upper courts in Istanbul have rejected a demand for release filed by lawyers representing Mehmet Altan and Şahin Alpay despite a decision by...

Former intel chief calls for use of ASALA, MOSSAD tactics to kill Gülen followers

İsmail Hakkı Pekin, a former intelligence chief of the Turkish General Staff, has suggested that Turkey make use of tactics it used against Armenian...

Report: Police tortured suspect, threatened to rape wife in Ramadan

A Turkish man jailed over alleged links to the Gülen movement was reportedly tortured under custody while police threatened to rape his wife during...

Detention warrants issued for 81 more people over Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued on Monday for 81 people who work for High Education Foundation, as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen...

Plane skids off Trabzon runway, plunges down cliff to water’s edge

A Pegasus Airlines flight skidded off the runway of a Turkish coastal airport and ended up halfway down a steep slope into the Black...

PKK kills 1 soldier as Erdoğan promises more operations in Afrin

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) killed one soldier in an attack in Hakkari province on Sunday as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan promised...

More cities ban theater play ‘Just Dictator’

"Just Dictator," a play starring critical actor Barış Atay, was not allowed to be performed in Hopa following a ban in the provincial city...

Jailed police chiefs who led 2013 corruption ops taken to police HQ

Jailed police chiefs who led corruption operations against the government in 2013 were taken to Istanbul police headquarters on Saturday over the testimony of...

HDP Co-chairman Demirtaş makes first appearance in court in 14 months

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş made his first appearance in court today as part of a trial in which he is charged...

Erdoğan sues CHP leader for TL 150,000 in non-pecuniary damages

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday filed a lawsuit against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for TL 150,000 in...

Former President Gül expresses support for top court ruling on Altan, Alpay

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül on Friday stated support for a Constitutional Court decision to release jailed journalists Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan, Sözcü...

Gov’t slams top court for decision on Altan and Alpay

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government on Friday criticized a Constitutional Court decision to release jailed journalists Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan. "The...

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