Ruling party politician in Turkey makes antisemitic remarks to condemn strike on Gaza hospital
A city council member from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has made antisemitic remarks, including praise for Adolf Hitler for killing Jews,...
AKP, MHP reject motion to investigate alleged corruption in Turkey’s judiciary
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), on Wednesday rejected a parliamentary motion filed by the...
DW under investigation in Turkey due to ‘biased reporting’ on Israel-Hamas conflict
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has launched an investigation into the Turkish edition of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle due...
X faces bandwidth reduction by half in Turkey
Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, might be subjected to a 50 percent bandwidth reduction in Turkey in the event it fails...
Israel tells citizens to leave Turkey ‘as soon as possible’
Israel has told its citizens to leave Turkey immediately amid fears of reprisal after a deadly strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip,...
2 pro-Kurdish parties in Turkey to vote ‘no’ on gov’t motion for cross-border operation...
Two pro-Kurdish parties have announced that they will vote against a parliamentary motion extending the government’s mandate to launch cross-border military operations in northern...
Turkey’s top court received over 551K petitions claiming rights violations in last 11 years
Turkey’s Constitutional Court received 551,156 individual applications between 2012 and Sept. 30 of this year, Turkish Minute reported on Wednesday, citing the state-run Anadolu...
Turkey arrests 4 women convicted of Gülen links on tip they were planning to...
Turkish authorities have detained and arrested four women who were allegedly planning to flee to neighboring Greece to avoid imprisonment on conviction of links...
Turkey detains 15 for spreading ‘terrorist’ propaganda at 2022 Newroz celebration
The police in eight provinces have detained at least 15 people on accusations of disseminating terrorist propaganda at a Newroz celebration in 2022, the...
Turkish court censors online content on judicial bribery allegations
A court in İstanbul has ruled to block access to 59 pieces of online content, including news articles, columns, social media posts and videos...
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