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[VIDEO] Angry about gov’t pressure on dissent, US-based theologian asks ‘Do you consider Erdoğan to be God?’

Sacit Arvasi, a US-based Turkish theologian whose religious sermons are widely popular among his Facebook followers, blasted pro-government circles for misleading people about religion...

Perinçek says Homeland Party informed pro-gov’t daily about coup attempt the day before

Ultranationalist Homeland Party (VP) Chairman Doğu Perinçek said on Tuesday that party officials had informed the pro-government Yeni Şafak daily about a possible coup...

CoE human rights commissioner urges Turkey to restore freedom of expression

Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe's (CoE) commissioner for human rights, said on Tuesday that the space for democratic debate in Turkey has shrunk alarmingly...

Detained near Greek border, former bureaucrat says can’t find job in Turkey

B.K., a former bureaucrat who was detained on Monday along with his wife, another couple and four children in Edirne while they were attempting...

Austrian deputy says Turkey spying on Erdoğan critics

Following the removal of several Turkish imams from Germany amid allegations of illegal profiling of government critics, an Austrian deputy on Monday claimed that...

Court releases 48 more air force academy students jailed on coup charges

An Ankara court on Monday ruled to release 48 Air Force Academy students who have been in pre-trial detention on coup participation charges. The cadets...

One soldier killed in clash with PKK in Amanos Mountains

A Turkish soldier was killed in a clash between Turkish security forces and the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the Amanos Mountains...

CHP not to take constitutional reform package to top court for cancellation

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has announced that his party is not going to take a constitutional reform package which...

Headscarved young woman attacked on İstanbul minibus

A young woman wearing a headscarf was attacked by another woman who called her a "terrorist" on a minibus in İstanbul's Maltepe neighborhood on...

Hürriyet refuses to publish interview with author Pamuk for saying ‘no’ in referendum

One of the leading newspapers in Turkey, the Hürriyet daily, has refused to publish an interview with Orhan Pamuk, Turkey’s most famous writer and...

Prominent journalist Cemal gets suspended sentence on terror charges

Renowned Turkish journalist Hasan Cemal has been given a suspended sentence of 15 months for allegedly disseminating the propaganda of a terrorist organization in...

‘No to smoking’ banners removed for fear of endorsing ‘no’ vote in referendum

Some banners and brochures put out by the Konya Public Healthcare Directorate as part of the Health Ministry's efforts to discourage people from smoking...

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