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Main opposition leader Kılıçdaroğlu says Turkey must hold snap election

After the Turkish Parliament approved a constitutional amendment package on Friday that significantly expands the president’s powers and brings an executive presidential system to...

[BREAKING] Turkish Parliament approves constitutional amendment expanding Erdoğan’s powers

The Turkish Parliament on Friday night approved a constitutional amendment package that will open the way to a switch from a parliamentary system of...

[VIDEO] Turkish schoolgirl wants to be president, change constitution, reinstate death penalty

An 11-year-old schoolgirl said during an interview after receiving her first term report card that she wants to become the president of Turkey in...

Pro-Erdoğan columnist calls on Europeans to question themselves about ISIL

Pro-Erdoğan columnist Merve Kavakçı has called on Europeans to question their colonial activities as regards the existence of the Islamic State in Iraq and...

AKP and police headquarters attacked in İstanbul

The İstanbul headquarters of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and İstanbul police headquarters were attacked with rockets on Friday, the state-run Anadolu...

86 police officers, court staff detained over Gülen links

Eighty-six police officers and courthouse staff members were detained across several Turkish provinces on Friday due to alleged use of a smart phone application...

RSF urges repeal of emergency decrees, end to persecution of journalists

In a letter sent today to a commission in the Turkish Parliament tasked with investigating human rights violations, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged legislators...

51 witnesses to be heard in Dink case

An İstanbul court on Friday ruled to hear 51 more people in the case of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was assassinated in...

5 Turkish soldiers killed in ISIL attack in Syria’s al-Bab region

Five Turkish soldiers were killed and nine others were injured in a car bomb attack perpetrated by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

[VIDEO] Deputy PM says Turkey can’t insist on settlement in Syria without Assad

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said Turkey can no longer insist on any settlement for Syria's long-running war without Syrian President Bashar...

Reina gunman says he has no regrets over deadly attack

Abdulkadir Masharipov, the prime suspect in a Jan. 1 massacre at the Reina nightclub in İstanbul who was arrested in a police operation on...

[UPDATE] HDP deputy Başaran released after brief detention

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Batman deputy Ayşe Acar Başaran, who was detained in Ankara on Friday morning for refusing to testify as part...

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