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Mafia leader Peker acquitted of threatening Academics For Peace

The İstanbul Anadolu 20th Penal Court of First Instance has acquitted mafia leader Sedat Peker of threatening academics who demanded the Turkish army halt...

Opposition party leader ordered to pay $20,000 for allegedly insulting Erdoğan

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay TL 95,000 ($19,500)...

Turkey to sell 30 combat helicopters to Pakistan

Turkey and Pakistan on Friday signed a deal for the sale of 30 T129 ATAK helicopters, according to the Undersecretariat for the Defense Industry...

ECtHR faults Turkey for ‘extensive interpretation’ of criminal code terror article

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) stated in a decision on July 10 that Article 220/7 of the Turkish Criminal Code (TCK) governing...

Famous singer Zuhal Olcay gets suspended sentence for insulting Erdoğan

The İstanbul Regional Court’s 2nd Penal Chamber on Thursday handed down a suspended 11 month, 20 day sentence to famous pop singer Zuhal Olcay...

Former PM Yıldırım elected speaker of Turkish Parliament

The Turkish Parliament on Thursday elected former Prime Minister and Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker Binali Yıldırım as its new speaker, the state-run Anadolu...

2 Turks abducted in Azerbaijan and Ukraine over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish agents abducted two people from Azerbaijan and Ukraine through an “intelligence service operation” and detained them in Turkey over Gülen movement links on...

3 French nationals briefly detained in PKK operations in Turkey

Three French nationals were briefly detained, along with 13 others, during an operation conducted by Turkish security forces targeting the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)...

Improper to speculate on central bank’s independence, says new finance minister

Turkey’s new Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has underlined that it is improper to speculate on the central bank's independence and decision-making mechanisms,...

Detention warrants issued for 24 over 2012 MİT crisis

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 24 people as part of an investigation into a crisis in the...

Erdoğan shrugs off criticism of son-in-law, says he will quickly clean up economy

Despite widespread criticism of his appointment of son-in-law Berat Albayrak as Turkey’s chief economic policy maker, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has voiced full...

72 given aggravated life sentences in Bosporus Bridge phase of coup trial

A high criminal court in İstanbul has handed down aggravated life sentences to 72 defendants due to their alleged role in the occupation of...

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