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Turkish police on Wednesday detained 22 people including former military and police officers as part of two separate operations targeting alleged members of the...

 Pro-government Yeni Şafak daily columnist Hikmet Genç, a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said on Thursday that followers of the faith-based...

Twenty-one women, including 10 with newborn infants and two over 70 years of age, were detained in Afyon's Dinar district as part an investigation...

A total of 28 health workers were detained as part of an investigation into the Gülen movement, which the government accuses of masterminding a...

Hayrettin Karaman, a leading theologian and issuer of fatwas (religious edicts) for ruling Justice and Development Party circles and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,...

Police briefly detained a shopkeeper in Bursa on Sunday after an "informant citizen" reported that he urged people to vote '"no" in a referendum...

The child of a man who was arrested as part of a Turkish government crackdown on dissent following a failed coup last July said...

In a decision that will serve as a precedent for similar cases, Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals recently ruled against the dismissed employees of...

US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen said on Tuesday that fabricated stories in the pro-government media about new terror attacks and political assassinations in...

A private dormitory in İstanbul’s Bahçelievler district that belonged to the Gülen movement until it was seized by the government has been transferred to...

Turkish human rights organizations have condemned the arrest of Professor İştar Gözaydın on charges of alleged links to the Gülen movement and are demanding...

In yet another example of disproportionate punishment imposed on people targeted in Turkey’s post-coup witch-hunt, an English-language teacher was put behind bars along with...