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Former Zaman columnist sentenced to 50 months in jail for threatening Erdoğan

An İstanbul court on Tuesday handed down a prison sentence of four years, two months to former Zaman daily columnist Mümtaz'er Türköne on charges...

Defense minister says new expulsions on way at TSK

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık has announced that there will be a new expulsion of officers in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and that...

CHP applying to ECtHR demanding cancellation of referendum results

Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is applying to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for cancellation of the results of a...

Turkey’s judicial board replaces 780 judges, prosecutors

The first chamber of Turkey's Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has replaced 780 judges and prosecutors under a summer decree, the Diken news...

CHP deputy says Harran University rector profiled academics

Republican People’s Party (CHP) Hatay deputy Mevlüt Dudu has claimed that Harran University Rector Ramazan Taşaltın profiled 124 academics working at the university due...

31 detained over ByLock use at Ankara University

Thirty-one people working at Ankara University were detained on Tuesday for their use of a smart phone application called ByLock. The Ankara University staff members...

Turkey’s justice minister says Gülen followers take Christian names in order to infiltrate Western state institutions

Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Monday that followers of the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a failed coup last...

HDP deputy receives suspended sentence, political ban in trial for insulting Erdoğan

Pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) parliamentary group deputy chairman and Muş deputy Ahmet Yıldırım received a suspended sentence and a ban from politics in...

HDP delegation joins ‘March of Justice’ on its 19th day

A pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) delegation has joined a “March of Justice,” launched by Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, in the...

Saudi crown prince has declined invitations to visit Ankara for 18 months

Amid a crisis in the Gulf over Qatar, the Sözcü daily reported on Monday that the Turkish government has been waiting for a visit...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s terrorists in Turkey

by Abdullah Bozkurt The Turkish government under autocratic president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s perpetual emergency rule last week expanded its definition of terrorism by calling the...

World’s oldest temple closed to visitors due to excavation team links with Gülen

Gobekli Tepe, the world’s oldest temple at more than 11,000 years, has been closed to visitors for 15 months due to alleged links of...

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