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UN committee warns Turkey over discrimination and human rights violations
A United Nations committee has voiced concern over widespread violations of human rights in Turkey, particularly focusing on racial profiling of Kurdish citizens during the campaign against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Turkish PM announces plans to move city centers of Hakkari, ??rnak to Yüksekova, Cizre
PM Davuto?lu suggests moving provincial centers in the southeast while boasting of the success of the army's operationsThe Turkish government plans to move the provincial centers of the southeastern provinces of Hakkari and ??rnak to their respective districts of Yüksekova and Cizre, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has announced amid continuing security operations against the outlawed Kurdistan
Davuto?lu's talks in Europe not expected to advance Turkey's EU bid
Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu is on a European tour this week which will cover two key EU member states, namely Great Britain and Germany. Following the EU-Turkey summit in November, Davuto?lu joyfully announced "a new era" in Turkish-EU ties.
Probe launched into Diyarbak?r Municipality over slack response to PKK attack
The Diyarbak?r Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the municipal firefighting administration over its allegedly slack response to a fire caused by a deadly outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack in the Ç?nar district on Jan. 13.
Erdo?an takes main opposition leader to court for compensation over 'insult'
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has taken main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu to court for his remarks describing him a "sham dictator," and asked for compensation for non-pecuniary damages.
Expelled DPS Leader 'to Unveil New Political Party'
Lyutvi Mestan, the former head of predominantly ethnic Turk Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS) party, is set to announce the formation of a new party in a matter of days, a local Bulgarian website reports.
961 foreign ISIL members from 57 countries caught in Turkey in 2015
Some 961 foreign members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from 57 countries were caught by Turkish security forces in 2015, intelligence sources have told daily Hürriyet.
Turkey to make Kurdish inflight announcements
Turkey will add Kurdish to the languages in which inflight announcements are made, one of the steps among post-election reform plans of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government which surfaced amid criticisms targeting the ruling party over its inaction in regard to expanding fundamental rights and freedoms.
Probe launched into Turkey's main opposition leader for calling president 'sham dictator'
Prosecutors have swiftly launched a probe into Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu for his remarks describing President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an as a "sham dictator."
One killed as rocket projectile from Syria hits schoolyard in border town
One person was killed and a student was injured as a rocket projectile originating from Syria hit a schoolyard in the southeastern Turkish province of Kilis, the office of the governor announced in a written statement.
The blast reportedly took place at 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 18 near the Nazl? Ömer Çetin primary school in the center of Kilis, where four schools are located.
Turkish military responds after rocket kills woman in city bordering Syria
Turkey's army bombarded targets across the border in Syria on Jan. 18, hours after rocket fire hit a school garden in the southeastern province of Kilis, killing one woman and wounding a student.
Turkey welcomes Iran nuclear deal, hopes for 'constructive contribution' on regional conflict
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has welcomed the lifting of sanctions imposed on Iran over its disputed nuclear program, suggesting that the development will also serve as a "significant impetus" for bilateral relations between Ankara and Tehran.
PKK bomb attack kills three policemen in Turkey's southeast
Militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) detonated a roadside bomb in the southeastern province of ??rnak overnight, killing three police officers and wounding four others in an armored vehicle, security sources said Jan. 18.
Deputy PM says Ankara will 'return to democratic agenda after ending terror'
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will return to a "reform" agenda after ending its campaign against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern and southeastern Turkey, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? has vowed.
Another banal expression of authoritarianism in Turkey
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's recent attack against academics - who signed a petition condemning military operations in Kurdish cities and calling for peace and negotiations - is yet another banal expression of the authoritarian politics that have long prevailed in Turkey under Justice and Development Party (AKP) rule. All authoritarian regimes are anti-intellectual and this tendency intensi