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Turkish minister: 48,305 people jailed in 2017 over Gülen links

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Friday said 48,305 people were jailed in 2017 alone as part of investigations into the faith-based Gülen movement,...

CHP slams dismissal of Beşiktaş mayor

Following the dismissal of the mayor of Ataşehir last month, the Turkish government's decision to suspend Beşiktaş Mayor Murat Hazinedar on Thursday was slammed...

Report: 2013 murder of 3 Kurdish women in Paris planned by MİT official

The outlawed Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), an umbrella organization that encompasses the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has claimed that Sabahattin Asal, a high-ranking...

Ankara says Atilla case is interference in Turkey’s internal affairs

Turkey on Thursday lambasted a New York jury’s verdict on Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive of Turkey’s Halkbank charged with participating in a scheme...

Pro-Kurdish HDP deputy sentenced to 16 years in prison

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy İdris Baluken to 16 years and 8 months in prison, Habertürk reported. Baluken...

Detention warrants issued for 70 more military personnel over Gülen links

The Konya Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has issued detention warrants for 70 military personnel of various ranks as part of a witch-hunt targeting people...

Turkish interior minister tells police to break drug dealers’ legs

Turkey’s interior minister, Süleyman Soylu, has called on police to break the legs of drug dealers, the Ahval news website reported based on a...

49 former Bank Asya shareholders detained over Gülen links

Police on Wednesday detained 49 former shareholders of the now-closed Islamic lender Bank Asya out of 68 for whom warrants were issued over alleged...

CHP’s Aksünger: US to fine Turkey $10 bln over Atilla case

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Erdal Aksünger on Tuesday said the US will fine Turkey $10 billion over the case of...

İYİ Party leader Akşener: Civilians getting arms training in two provinces

Amid debates over a recent controversial state of emergency decree that gives immunity to civilians who take part in thwarting coup and terror incidents,...

Amid purge Turkish gov’t to enlist 43,000 military personnel

After dismissing more than 25,000 military members following a failed coup in July 2016, the Turkish government has announced it will enlist 42,938 new...

Turkish justice minister: Gülen cases won’t be on Turkey’s agenda in 2018

Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül said on Monday that cases against members of the faith-based Gülen movement, which the Turkish government blames for a...

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