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Teachers asked political questions in job interviews following purge

Applicants for teaching positions in Ankara, seeking to replace some of the thousands of teachers who were dismissed in a massive purge following a...

Award-winning author Murat Özyaşar detained in Turkey

  Turkish counterterrorism police on Saturday morning detained award-winning author and teacher Murat Özyaşar after a search of his İstanbul apartment.   The announcement was made by...

Gov’t-appointed mayor shuts down Batman city theater

Şevket Ertuğ Aksoy, the acting mayor of Batman who was appointed by government decree on Sept. 11, on Friday shut down the city theater...

Another Turkish baklava maker detained on coup charges

Serdar Seyidoğlu, the general manager of the Seyidoğlu Baklava chain, was detained over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, which the government accuses...

Leaked email shows Erdoğan’s son-in-law manages oil firm with alleged ISIL links

According to leaked emails belonging to Berat Albayrak, Turkey’s energy minister and the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Albayrak is in the position...

Amsterdam law firm to Erdoğan: Calling Gülen movement terrorist is exaggeration

Robert R. Amsterdam, the head of London-based Amsterdam & Partners LLP, which was hired by the Turkish government as part of their fight against...

Ex-Today’s Zaman reporter’s passport seized at Turkish consulate in NYC

The passport of former Today’s Zaman reporter Arslan Ayan has been confiscated by officials at the Turkish Consulate General in New York on the...

Turkish police arrest mayor of pro-Kurdish district in Van province

  Zilan Aldatmaz, co-mayor of the Saray district of eastern Van province, was arrested on Friday on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, Turkish...

US prosecutor denies any links to Gülen, says never set foot in Turkey

Responding to allegations from Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who accused US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara of being...

Israel pays Turkey $20 million in compensation for Mavi Marmara

Israel has deposited $20 million in the account of the Turkish Ministry of Justice as compensation for victims of the Mavi Marmara flotilla, part...

Doğan Media Group head resigns amid leaked emails scandal

Doğan Media Group Director General Mehmet Ali Yalçındağ has stepped down from his post after leaked emails belonging to Berat Albayrak, energy minister and...

Detention warrants issued for 162 courthouse employees over links to Gülen

Turkish prosecutors issued detention warrants for a total of 162 courthouse and prison employees in İstanbul on Friday due to their alleged links to...

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