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Police detain SE district co-mayors from pro-Kurdish DBP

The co-mayors of Batman’s Gercüş district, Zeynep Oduncu and Abdülkerim Kaya from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP), who had been replaced by trustees...

Indictment against HDP Co-chair Yüksekdağ accepted by court

A court in eastern Van province on Thursday accepted an indictment against Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ, who was detained by police...

Handcuffed Kurdish co-mayor refuses medical examination

Prominent Kurdish politician and Co-mayor of Mardin Ahmet Türk, who has been jailed since Nov, 24, reportedly refused to be taken to a hospital...

Jailed Demirtaş says punishment of HDP deputies part of vendetta

The imprisoned co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, said in testimony in court on Thursday that 10 deputies from his...

Erdoğan ranks 56th in Forbes 2016 list of most powerful people

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is in 56th place in Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s most powerful people, while the Russian president...

Turkey’s unemployment rate rises to 11.3 percent in September

Turkey's unemployment rate increased by 1 percent in September over the same period of 2015,reaching 11.3 percent, data released by the Turkish Statistics Institute...

7 academics at Yıldız Teknik University arrested over Gülen links

Seven academics, five of whom are professors at the İstanbul-based Yıldız Teknik University, have been arrested on charges of alleged links to the faith-based...

Kerry speaks to Russian, Turkish counterparts on Aleppo cease-fire

US Secretary of State John Kerry spoke on Wednesday with his Russian and Turkish counterparts by phone over the need for a cease-fire in...

Turkish FM says bomber in İstanbul attack came from Syria

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Wednesday that one of two assailants in twin blasts near an İstanbul soccer stadium last weekend had...

Academic bothered by rising literacy rates appointed to Higher Education Board

Professor Bülent Arı, who had earlier said he was bothered by an increase in literacy rates in Turkey, has been appointed as a member...

Dutch FM to summon Turkish ambassador over Diyanet’s intelligence activities

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will summon the Turkish ambassador to the Netherlands to ask about intelligence gathering activities conducted by mosques operated by...

Police raid Edirne building Fethullah Gülen resided in 55 years ago

Edirne police, joined by a group of gendarmes, stormed a building in the city where US-based Turkish scholar Fethullah Gülen resided in 55 years...

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