Prominent Turkish lawyer Ergin Cinmen has claimed that coats belonging to inmates in İstanbul’s notorious Silivri Prison have been collected by the prison administration and that the inmates can only…
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Turkish restaurant chain owner arrested over Gülen links
Murat Sivrikaya, owner of the famous çiğ köfte (raw meatballs) restaurant chain Komagene, was arrested Monday on terrorism charges over his alleged links to the Gülen movement, the Diken news…
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Turkey orders detention of 222 people over Gülen links in one day
Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 222 people, including military members, as part of a massive post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen movement. The Ankara Chief…
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Trump threatens Turkey with economic devastation if it attacks Syrian Kurds
US President Donald Trump threatened Turkey with economic devastation if it attacks a US-allied Kurdish militia in Syria, drawing a sharp rebuke from Ankara on Monday and reviving fears of…
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Çavuşoğlu blames Assad, supporting countries for Idlib becoming ‘terrorist nest’
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Monday said if the Syrian city of Idlib, a last stronghold for rebels, has become a “terrorist nest,” the Bashar al-Assad government and the…
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3 HDP branch chairmen in İstanbul detained for supporting deputy on hunger strike
The chairmen of three pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) branches in Istanbul have been detained for displaying support for jailed HDP deputy Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger…
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AKP deputy chairman claims no violation of human rights in Turkey
Deputy Chairman of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Leyla Şahin Usta, who had sued Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the past over a…
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Germany approves half of asylum applications from Turks in October, November
The German Interior Ministry has announced that half of the asylum applications received from Turkish nationals in October and November were approved, compared to 40 percent in September, according to…
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Purge victim dies of cancer, leaving behind jailed husband, 2 children
Turkey witnessed another tragic purge victim story this week as 31-year-old teacher Habibe Çınar died of cancer on Thursday after dismissal from her job in the wake of a July…
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Suspect in Karlov murder denies Gülen links, admits connection to Islamic sect
One of the suspects in the December 2016 murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov on Friday denied links to the faith-based Gülen movement and said he was connected…
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