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20 arrested, 11 released in Elazığ operation over links to Gülen movement

A Turkish court on Friday arrested 20 people, including pharmacists and medical staff, in Elazığ, and released 11 others as part of an Elazığ-based...

[VIDEO] Justice minister defends disputed bill, saying would release early marriage offenders, not rapists

Turkey's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said on Friday that a bill brought to Parliament late Thursday night by ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

After social outrage, PM seeks consultation with opposition on controversial rape bill

Following outrage that was sparked on social media and in civil society, Prime Minister and the Chairman of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party...

Despite postponed trip, EP president favors dialogue with Turkey

  Although the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday postponed a visit to Ankara by two of its members due to a disagreement with the Turkish...

[OPINION] Time to play hardball with Turkey’s Erdoğan

Abdullah Bozkurt An engagement with Turkey as long as its autocratic president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remains in full control of all the levers of power...

PEN International: 145 journalists in Turkish prisons, 114 charged following coup attempt

PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, has released the names of 145 journalists who were jailed by the Turkish government after a failed...

Court rejects objection to arrest of Cumhuriyet editors

After an operation targeting the opposition Cumhuriyet daily that culminated in the arrest of 10 people including the paper’s CEO and columnists, a court...

[OPINION] Only educational efforts of groups such as Hizmet can eradicate extremism

By Dr. Ismail Mesut Sezgin In order to please President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before his visit to Pakistan, the Pakistani government ordered more than 100...

UN official calls on Turkey to release jailed journalists

United Nations Special Rapporteur David Kaye has called on the Turkish government to release all journalists currently in jail, warning Ankara that the need...

Pakistani students protest against gov’t decision to deport Turkish teachers

Pakistani students of the private PakTurk International Schools and Colleges held a demonstration in Karachi on Friday protesting the Pakistani government's ordered deportation of...

S&D says EU talks with Turkey must be frozen if Ankara keeps undermining democracy  

Gianni Pittella, president of the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) Group in the European Parliament, has called for freezing accession talks with Turkey if Ankara...

Former head of pro-gov’t Ensar Foundation in Çorum convicted of sexual abuse

Zekai İşler, a teacher and former president of the Çorum branch of the pro-government Ensar Foundation, has been sentenced to 12 years, six months...

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