A total of 2,280 Turkish citizens applied for asylum in European Union countries in October, the highest monthly number so far in 2018, according to an announcement from the European…
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Columnist Nuray Mert receives suspended sentence for signing peace declaration
Turkish columnist and political scientist Nuray Mert on Wednesday was given a suspended one year, three month sentence for signing a “peace declaration” in 2016 that urged Turkey to resume…
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‘Dangerous’ German citizen moved to Turkey in November: report
Halil D., a German citizen of Turkish origin who was on probation and considered “dangerous” by German authorities, moved to Turkey in November, according to a Der Spiegel report published…
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Interior minister: Turkey is hosting 3.6 million Syrian refugees
There are a total of 3,611,834 Syrian immigrants in Turkey who have been granted the temporary protection status, according to a statement from Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu on Monday….
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Popular historian arrested on terrorism charges arising from Gülen links
A Turkish popular historian and author Talha Uğurluel, who was appearing on TV often, has been arrested and jailed on terrorism charges due to his alleged links to the Gülen…
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Turkey’s presidency, Religious Affairs Directorate see big rise in 2019 budgets
There will an increase of 233 percent in the budget of the Turkish presidency and a 33 percent rise in that of the Religious Affairs Directorate in 2019, according to…
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Police detain 22 HDP members on hunger strike in Diyarbakır
Turkish police on Monday detained 22 female members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who started a hunger strike in solidarity with jailed party deputy Leyla Güven, the özgürüz.org news…
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Former Turkish president Gül admits meeting with opposition leader
In a statement issued by his office, former President Abdullah Gül admitted that he had met with Turkey’s main opposition party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, adding that they did not discuss…
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Turkish court hands down 32 life sentences in coup trial
The İstanbul 32nd High Criminal Court on Monday handed down life sentences to 32 suspects of a 2016 failed coup attempt in Turkey for violating the constitution, the state-run Anadolu news…
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2 Sözcü daily columnists indicted on Gülen charges
Two columnists from the nationalist, secularist Sözcü newspaper have been indicted on allegations of aiding the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused by the Turkish government of orchestrating a failed…
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