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Turkey arrests another Kurdish mayor after 5 days of detention

Sabite Ekinci, co-mayor of the Varto district of eastern Muş province, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, Turkish...

Turkish police detain mother of 4 after failing to chase husband down

Police detained an Antalya housewife after failing to apprehend her husband, who is wanted for his former employment at Antalya International University. The university has...

Turkey bans access to dozens of news articles, including 2013 graft probe stories

Turkish courts in different provinces blocked access to dozens of news articles that appeared on the websites of Turkish news outlets on various dates,...

11-year-old arrested by Turkish court for stealing fish, vegetables

A court in Turkey's northern Karabük province ruled for the arrest of D.A. (11) for stealing fish, vegetables and beverages from a restaurant along...

Following prisoners’ lawyer, US academic warns against staged prison break in Turkey

Just a day after the lawyer for several political prisoners urged the international community to monitor Turkish prisons amid rumors of prison breaks being...

EU’s Juncker warns Turkey’s President Erdoğan on visa deal

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker delivered a personal warning to Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday, saying that Erdoğan would be held responsible if...

Turkey’s EU Affairs minister calls EU rapporteur Piri ‘racist’ for call to end talks

Turkey’s EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik said on Monday that those who call for the European Union to end membership negotiations with Turkey are...

Interior Ministry files complaints against CHP, HDP deputies over Külter case

Turkey's Interior Ministry has filed criminal complaints against three opposition party deputies and a lawyer over a controversy concerning the whereabouts of pro-Kurdish Democratic...

THY cancels flights to 22 destinations  

As a result of shrinking demand due to economic stagnation and terror attacks, Turkish Airlines (THY) has cancelled flights to 22 domestic and international...

Turkey detains one more HDP deputy

Following the arrest of nine deputies from the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) last week, Turkish police on Monday detained one more HDP deputy...

Turkish police detain 2 reporters from pro-Kurdish JINHA news agency

Bengi Kömürcü and Duygu Ciniviz, two reporters for JINHA, a pro-Kurdish news agency that the government closed down under post-coup emergency rule, were detained...

Another rector arrested in Turkey as part of post-coup witch-hunt

Iğdır University Rector Professor İbrahim Hakkı Yılmaz was arrested on Sunday as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement. Yılmaz was jailed along...

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