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DBP mayor and aide detained in Erzurum

Pro-Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Karayazı district Mayor Mehmet Sait Karabakan and his deputy Zeynep Han Bingöl were detained on Tuesday as part of...

CHP deputy says rights violations in Turkey’s prisons worsen during OHAL

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy Utku Çakırözer has said rights violations have become severe in Turkey's prisons during the emergency rule, or...

4 arrested in connection to mine collapse in Siirt

A Turkish court has arrested four people in relation to a mine collapse in Siirt's Şirvan district last month that claimed the lives of...

2 pro-Kurdish district mayors in Diyarbakır detained

Turkish police teams on Tuesday detained two district mayors in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır as part of a terrorism investigation. Kayapınar district Mayor Ali...

14 more academics jailed over alleged coup involvement

A total of 14 academics including professors, associate professors and research assistants from İstanbul's Yıldız Teknik University were arrested by a Turkish court on...

SE Şemdinli district Co-mayor Seferi Yılmaz arrested

Seferi Yılmaz, the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-mayor of the Şemdinli district in Turkey's southeastern province of Hakkari, was arrested on Monday on charges...

Int’l cartoonist organizations demand release of Turkish colleague

Leading cartoonist organizations from around the world called on Turkey, in a joint statement, to release Musa Kart, a well-known Turkish cartoonist who was...

Prominent political scientist says Erdoğan’s only option is to hit wall

Professor Baskın Oran, an expert in political science, has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has entered a cul-de-sac due to his increasingly authoritarian policies,...

HDP deputies barred from visiting jailed party Co-chair Yüksekdağ

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar were not allowed by the Justice Ministry to visit their party's jailed co-chairperson,...

4 arrested in connection to dormitory fire in Adana

An Adana court on Sunday arrested four people who were detained last week in relation to a dormitory fire in Adana's Aladağ district which...

Deputy PM Kurtulmuş says independence means ‘calling an infidel an infidel’

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Justice and Development Party (AKP) government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş said on Saturday that independence means calling an infidel an...

Municipal logo removed from Diyarbakır City Hall

  The logo of the Diyarbakır Municipality was removed on Saturday from the facade of city hall following the arrest last month of elected Co-mayors...

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