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Turkey?s justice minister has announced that the country?s top judicial body has decided to investigate judges and prosecutors who allegedly formed a ?parallel power? within the judiciary as an extension of the ?Parallel State Structure Terror Organization/Pro-Fetullah Terror Organization? (Fetullahç? Terör Örgütü).

Saying it had been tasked by a civilian authority and its primary motive was not to conduct any military operation, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has denied accusations about its conduct in an incident that resulted in a deadly clash with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) in the eastern province of A?r?.

Saying it had been tasked by a civilian authority and its primary motive was not to conduct any military operation, the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has denied accusations about its conduct in an incident that resulted in a deadly clash with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) in the eastern province of A?r?.

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor?s Office has finalized the draft of an indictment arguing it has found ?concrete evidence? that sympathizers of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen were trying to form a ?cemaat state? parallel to the state of the Republic of Turkey. It has also charged seven people for leaking information and documents to criminal organizations.

An autopsy report has alleged that Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was shot with a gun belonging to militants during a police operation at Ça?layan Courthouse on March 31, the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor?s Office said April 2.

An investigation into seven Turkish newspapers for publishing the hostage photo of slain prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz was launched on April 2.

The Turkish General Staff has announced that it expects those responsible for the fabrications in the Balyoz (Sledgehammer) coup plot case, in which all 236 suspects were acquitted during the retrial on April 1, to be punished. 

The Turkish General Staff has filed a criminal complaint over the permitting of top secret information to be passed to unauthorized people during an investigation into an alleged assassination attempt against Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Ar?nç.

Excavation activities at the archaeological site in the ancient city of Perge, which was one of the centers of the Kommagene civilization, will soon commence with the aim of opening up the site for tourism. Excavations will begin soon in the ancient city, located in the southeastern province of Ad?yaman, five kilometers away from the city center.

The houses of two journalists in southern Turkey have been raided by police for ?insulting? President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Twitter, while another journalist has testified in Istanbul for committing the same alleged crime in his book.