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Presidential Archives director calls for arming of households

Muhammet Safi, the director of Turkey's Presidential Archives, has called for the arming of every household for the defense of Turkey, the Diken news...

Evolution theory no longer part of Turkish curriculum, official says

Turkey's Board of Education and Discipline Chairman Alpaslan Durmuş has said chapters on evolution are being removed from ninth grade biology textbooks and that...

Turkey transfers 1,600-year-old Syriac churches, properties to Diyanet

Turkish authorities have transferred the ownership of churches, houses of worship and cemeteries that have belonged to the Syriac community for over 1,600 years...

Turkey condemns Greece for criticism of Hagia Sophia religious ceremony

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Friday released a statement condemning the reaction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece to the recitation of...

Court rejects requests for release of suspects, including Altan brothers and Ilıcak

An İstanbul court on Friday ruled for a continuation of the pretrial detention of media members including Ahmet Altan, Mehmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak,...

Reuters research says 60 percent of Turks don’t trust mainstream media

Sixty percent of Turkish people do not trust the news published in the mainstream media, according to a Digital News Report published by the...

CHP’s ‘March of Justice’ attracts 5,000 participants every day

An average of 5,000 people a day are participating in a “March of Justice” launched by main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal...

Minister: Compensation from Israel paid to Mavi Marmara victims

Turkey's Finance Minister Naci Ağbal has announced that compensation paid by Israel to Turkey last year for victims of the Mavi Marmara flotilla has...

New mother detained over Gülen links despite doctor’s objection

Hatice Avan, who gave birth to a baby in the western Turkish province of Denizli on Thursday, was detained on Friday, despite her doctor's...

ECtHR fines Turkey for violating Alevis’ freedom of faith

Turkey has been ordered to pay 54,400 euros in damages by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to the Cem Foundation for violating...

Brigade commander in Manisa dismissed over food poisoning incidents

Brigade Commander Col. Şevki Güvenç has been removed from his post over the food poisoning of more than 1,000 soldiers in Manisa in the...

Minister: 33,000 teachers dismissed over Gülen links since July 15

Turkish Education Minister İsmet Yılmaz said the government has dismissed about 33,000 teachers from their jobs since a failed coup attempt on July 15,...

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