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Turkey’s top court says journalist Dündar should be tried on espionage charges

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals on Friday overruled a five-year jail sentence for former editor-in-chief of the Cumhuriyet daily Can Dündar, saying he should...

HDP deputy: Prison population in Turkey increased by 100 percent in past 6 years

A deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Ertuğrul Kürkçü, has complained about overcrowding in Turkey’s prisons, saying that the country’s prison population...

OSCE urges Turkey to free jailed journalists, drop unfounded charges

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir on Thursday reacted to an İstanbul high criminal court decision that gave prison sentences ranging...

Turkey, Iraq to conduct joint operation against Kurdish militants: Report

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Thursday said Turkey and the Iraqi central government would carry out a joint operation against Kurdish militants in...

Investigation launched into cleric promoting violence against women

On March 8, International Women’s Day, Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation into controversial cleric Nurettin Yıldız on the grounds that he promotes violence against...

US says violence will escalate if Turkish forces enter Afrin city center

US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert said at a press briefing on Tuesday that Turkish forces entering the city center of Afrin in northwestern...

65 defendants from Naval Forces Command receive life sentences in coup trial

A high criminal court in Ankara has handed down aggravated life sentences to 47 defendants and life sentences to 18 defendants from the Naval...

Polling company manager: 51 percent of vote not a piece of cake for allied parties

Bekir Ağırdır, the general manager of KONDA, one of Turkey’s leading polling companies, has said even if political parties make election alliances for the...

Turkey jails teacher to pressure husband into ‘confessing’

The latest victim of the Turkish government's tactic of guilt by association with the purpose of blackmail is Semra Çakır, a 41-year-old teacher, and...

2 Greek officers arrested for espionage after straying across Turkish border

A court in Turkey's northwestern province of Edirne has ordered the arrest of two Greek soldiers who the Greek army claimed "accidentally" crossed onto...

Erdoğan adviser says Muslim decision taken by Germany, not Czechs

Yiğit Bulut, a chief advisor to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on public TV that a decision to release former co-chairperson of the Syrian...

Interior Ministry: 106,740 guns reported missing in 2017

A total of 106,740 guns were reported to be missing or stolen in 2017, according to a report from the Interior Ministry, raising concerns...

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