Journalists condemn Turkey’s controversial ‘disinformation’ bill
Turkish journalist organizations on Tuesday denounced a government-backed bill that could see offenders jailed for three years for spreading “disinformation,” saying it threatens freedom...
Court releases 14 more cadets convicted on coup charges
An İstanbul court has released pending retrial 14 more military cadets who had been convicted on coup charges and sentenced to life in prison...
More than 500,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey have gone home: Erdoğan
More than half a million Syrians who had fled their conflict-wracked country for neighboring Turkey have returned home since 2016, Turkish Minute reported, citing...
Hundreds protest in Turkey in support of Iranian women
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Turkey on Sunday to condemn Iran’s crackdown on women-led demonstrations sparked by a young woman’s death...
Turkey outraged over musician’s murder at Ankara nightclub
Turkey was shocked by the murder of a musician at a nightclub in Ankara on Sunday in which some employees from a state ministry...
Kurdish lawmaker faces up to 15 years in prison on terrorism charges
A lawmaker from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of her parliamentary immunity and jailed earlier this month, faces a prison...
74 percent of Turks believe Turkish democracy is in a bad state: report
Seventy-four percent of Turks believe the state of democracy in their country is somewhat bad or in danger, Turkish Minute reported, citing the findings...
Mother of former sergeant imprisoned on coup charges dies of heart attack
Necla Çelik (49), the mother of former sergeant Mustafa Çelik, who has been imprisoned in Silivri Prison for six years for allegedly aiding and...
A thousand days after her disappearance, family of Gülistan Doku says authorities no longer...
The family of Gülistan Doku, a young Kurdish woman who went missing on January 5, 2020, said Turkish authorities were no longer searching for...
Many schoolchildren can’t have lunch due to increasing food prices, says activist
Increasing food prices have affected children of school-going age the most, said Hacer Foggo, founder of the Istanbul-based Deep Poverty Network, in an interview...
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