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AKP deputy calls on Turkey’s religious officials to declare Gülen followers apostates

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) İstanbul deputy Metin Külünk has said Turkey’s top religious officials should declare supporters of the Gülen movement apostates,...

20 detained over ByLock use in Kayseri

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 20 people in Kayseri on accusations that they use a smart phone application known as ByLock, CNN Türk reported. According...

486 suspects appear in court in Turkey’s coup trial

Turkey’s largest trial relating to a botched coup attempt on July 15, 2016 began on Tuesday at the Ankara 4th High Criminal Court. A total...

Briefly detained Turkish football player turns informant

Former Başakşehir and Fenerbahçe football player Bekir İrtegün, who was briefly detained on Friday over links to the Gülen movement, was released after sharing...

‘Gen. Akar said acted early, disgraced,’ pilot says

Former Col. Uğur Kapan, who flew Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar and Maj. Gen. Mehmet Dişli from Akıncı Air Base to Çankaya...

‘Bomb-like’ phone conversation delays THY flight for 3 hours

Turkish Airline's (THY) İstanbul-Hakkari domestic flight was delayed for three hours on Monday after passengers reported another passenger talking about a bomb with a...

[VIDEO] 3 of 4 soldiers who beat Syrian refugees arrested

A Turkish court has arrested three of four soldiers who were detained after beating young Syrian refugees illegally crossing the border to Turkey, in...

593 detained in one week in witch-hunt targeting Gülen movement

The Turkish Interior Ministry announced on Monday that a total of 593 people were detained in the past week as part of an ongoing...

Germany wants Europe to suspend preparations for EU-Turkey customs union

The German government has asked the European Commission to suspend preparatory work on negotiations with Turkey for modernizing the EU-Turkey customs union because it...

CHP deputy asks PM to stop arrest of women after giving birth

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has asked Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım to halt the practice of arresting women immediately...

Ankara slams US special envoy over remarks linking Turkey with al-Qaeda

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Sunday slammed recent remarks by Brett McGurk, the US special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition against ISIL, for...

3 human rights defenders transferred to Silivri Prison

Amnesty International (AI) Turkey Director İdil Eser and two other human rights activists, Özlem Dalkıran and Nalan Erkem, were transferred from Bakırköy to Silivri...

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