Dismissed academic imprisoned over Gülen links dies of COVID 3 months before release
Halil Şimşek, a dismissed academic arrested over alleged links to the Gülen movement, died in prison on Wednesday of COVID-19, less than three months...
Turkish Interior Ministry to file complaint against opposition mayor over anti-Syrian remarks
Turkey’s Deputy Interior Minister İsmail Çataklı on Wednesday said the ministry would file a criminal complaint against an opposition mayor in southern Turkey for...
UEFA is considering moving Champions League final from Turkey in event of unrest following...
UEFA has held talks about moving the Champions League final to Lisbon’s Stadium of Light in the event of unrest in Turkey following the...
Seasonal workers killed in traffic accident in southeastern Turkey’s Urfa province
Three seasonal workers died and 17 others were injured in a traffic accident on Sunday morning in southeastern Urfa province, once again raising concerns...
Turkish police detain 5 Kurdish politicians
Turkish police detained five Kurdish politicians — former mayors and their deputies from the Ergani district of Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır city — on Saturday,...
New York mosque funded by Turkish gov’t denies religious services for Gülen movement supporter
The Brooklyn Eyup Sultan Mosque, which is funded and operated by Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet), on Sunday denied religious services for deceased Turkish-American...
Turkey’s media watchdog fines 2 TV stations due to critical reporting
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, has fined two TV stations due to their content critical of ruling...
Shop owner detained for ‘Kurdistan’ remark to opposition leader in SE Turkey
A shop owner has been taken into custody for using the word “Kurdistan” to describe the region he lives in during an exchange with...
Ugandan dissident arrested in Turkey: report
Fred Kajjubi, aka Lumbuye, a Ugandan dissident residing in Turkey, has been arrested on unidentified charges, the Daily Monitor newspaper reported on Thursday.
Since the...
Turkish court blocks access to Kurdish news agency for security reasons
A local court in eastern Turkey has blocked access to the Kurdish Mezopotamya news agency on the grounds that it poses a threat to...
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