Deputy speaker of Turkish parliament calls for closure of top court over failure to...

Celal Adan, deputy speaker of the Turkish parliament, has called for the closure of Turkey’s Constitutional Court (AYM) due to its failure so far...

Turkish TV anchor to testify in Erdoğan insult investigation

HALK TV anchor and journalist Şule Aydın has been ordered to give testimony to a prosecutor in Istanbul after an investigation was launched to...

Turkey’s control of the internet threatens elections, right groups warn

Two prominent rights organizations have called on the Turkish government to end online censorship while urging technology firms to prioritize rights as Turkey holds critical presidential...

Turks in Germany report heckling from Erdoğan supporters

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Germany have been trying to intimidate voters ahead of the country’s crunch election, Agence France-Presse reported,...

Turkey among 10 worst countries for working people: ITUC

A yearly report by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on labor rights reveals that Turkey is one of the 10 worst countries in the world...

Turkey’s presidential candidate promises repatriation of Syrians when he becomes head of state

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a presidential candidate, in an interview with German television station ABD...

4-year-old Syrian boy dies in tent fire in eastern Turkish province hit by quakes 

Four-year-old Muhammed El Hasan Ali, who has been living in a tent with his Syrian family following devastating earthquakes in Turkey in early February,...

Phone app used by minister slammed for unlawful personal data acquisition

An application on Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu’s smartphone that can determine a person’s identity in just a few seconds after his photo is...

Turkey bans access to 26 URLs, websites reporting on sentencing of DW journalist

A Turkish court on Tuesday blocked access to 26 websites and URLs, including news websites, blogs and social media accounts, for reporting on the...

Scabies outbreak in earthquake region sparks concern, say Turkish doctors 

Doctors have expressed concern over a scabies outbreak in tent cities located in an area of Turkey struck by two powerful earthquakes in February,...

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