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Contradicting earlier remarks, Erdoğan denies existence of purge victims

Along the same lines as rhetoric from the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan argued on Saturday that reports of...

Kaynak Holding transferred to state-run TMSF

Following the appointment of trustees to Kaynak Holding over alleged links to the Gülen movement, 43 of the conglomerate's companies were transferred on Saturday...

More teachers, businesspeople arrested in Turkey purge

As of Saturday noon, in Turkey’s relentless witch-hunt against perceived sympathizes of the Gülen movement, 11 people had been arrested and dozens detained in...

PM asks CHP to support referendum on presidential system

In order to realize President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s long-standing ambition for an executive presidency, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Saturday called on the main...

Iraqi official denies agreement on Turkey’s role in Mosul operation

An Iraqi official who spoke to BBC on condition of anonymity denied a statement by the US defense secretary on Friday claiming the existence...

Turkey detains Mozambican software developer over links to Gülen movement

Helton Silva Malambane, a software developer from Mozambique who previously worked with the now-shut-down Fatih University, was detained by police at his residence in...

Turkey’s Human Rights Association: Turkish prisons at 120 percent capacity

Turkish human rights watchdog the Human Rights Association (İHD) said in a report on Friday that there are nearly 220,000 people in Turkey's prisons,...

Turkey hits US-backed Kurdish fighters with rockets a day after airstrikes

Turkish rockets hit US-backed Kurdish fighters in the Syrian town of Sheikh Issa and areas in northern Aleppo province on Friday, the London-based Syrian...

Turkish nationalist mob attacks CHP panel in İstanbul

A group of people from the İstanbul branch of the Grey Wolves (Ülkü Ocakları), a nationalist youth movement affiliated with the Nationalist Movement Party...

Rize governor says large number of gun licenses issued since July 15

Amid fears of a growing number of firearms among the people of Turkey, the governor of Rize said on a TV show that he...

Germany: 35 Turkish diplomatic passport holders apply for asylum since July 15

German officials announced on Friday that since a failed coup in Turkey on July 15 that was followed a massive purge, 35 Turkish citizens...

US defense secretary announces agreement in principle on Turkey role in Mosul

Amid Turkey’s vocal frustration over its exclusion from an operation in Mosul that started this week, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said during...

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