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Pro-LGBT NGOs to file complaint against nationalists over threat to Pride Week parade

A group of NGOs announced on Wednesday that they plan to file a criminal complaint against the head of the nationalist Alperen Ocakları’s İstanbul...

Ergenekon retrials begin after top appeals court overturns verdict

Retrials began on Wednesday in the case of the clandestine Ergenekon organization after Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals in April 2016 overturned an earlier verdict...

Pro-gov’t daily sets up hotline for informing on Gülen followers in EU

The pro-government Sabah daily's Europe edition, Sabah Avrupa, has set up a telephone line for its readers to report followers of the faith-based Gülen...

Turkish intellectuals call for attention to academics on hunger strike

A group of intellectuals and artists have called on Turkish authorities to meet the demands of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two dismissed educators...

Teacher who turned self in for Gülen links gets seven-and-a-half years in prison

A court in western Aydın province has sentenced a teacher to seven-and-a-half years in prison after he turned himself claiming he was a sympathizer...

Pro gov’t daily: Trump hired lawyer for pastor jailed over Gülen links

Ergun Diler, editor-in-chief of the pro-government Takvim daily, claimed in his column on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump has hired a lawyer for...

2,300-year-old road discovered in Turkey’s Antalya

A 2,300-year-old road on which Alexander the Great is believed to have walked has been discovered near the ancient city of Termessos in Antalya...

40 including head of catering company detained in Manisa food poisoning case

Forty people, including the general manager of a catering firm, have been detained in relation to the food poisoning of more than 1,000 soldiers...

CHP deputy not allowed to make prison visits

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) İstanbul deputy Sezgin Tanrıkulu has not been permitted to visit any prisons in Turkey since his last visit...

Ultranationalist leader says Turkey’s judicial system experiencing its golden age

At a time when the Turkish judiciary is under intense criticism for acting on orders from the government, Ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) Chairman Doğu...

41 governors replaced, 19 recalled to Ankara in new gov’t decree

Forty-one governors across Turkey have been replaced while 19 have been recalled to Ankara after the reassignments were published in the Official Gazette on...

Turkish university withdraws Hakan Şükür’s honorary doctorate over Gülen ties

The Senate of Turkey's Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University has unanimously decided to revoke an honorary doctorate granted to renowned Turkish international soccer player Hakan...

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