Turkey placed under money laundering watch
Global money-laundering watchdog the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) placed Turkey under increased monitoring on Thursday for shortcomings in combatting money laundering and terrorism...
Turkey again seeks to close down pro-Kurdish political party
A prosecutor on Monday refiled an indictment that seeks to close down a pro-Kurdish party, the second largest opposition party in the Turkish Parliament,...
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 81 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 81 people on terrorism charges due to their alleged links to the faith-based...
University students in Turkey can’t afford housing or basic necessities as prices soar
University students in Turkey are facing serious financial difficulties and cannot afford housing or basic necessities, BBC Turkish service reported.
Most students studying in big...
Court accepts indictment seeking up to 13 years in prison for jailed journalist
An İstanbul court on Monday accepted an indictment that seeks a prison sentence of up to 13 years for a TV journalist who was...
Turkish prosecutor facing trial over illegal financial gain also implicated in murder of politician:...
Turkish prosecutor Okan Bato, already facing trial for an unexplained increase in his personal wealth, is now also suspected in the 2019 murder of a politician,...
Turkish gov’t seeks to limit women’s post-marriage surname choice despite top court ruling
The Turkish government is preparing to prevent women from using their maiden name after marriage in a new judicial package that will oblige them...
HDP lawmaker submits parliamentary question regarding detention of 21 journalists in SE Turkey
Meral Danış Bestaş from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on Thursday submitted a parliamentary question regarding the detention of 21 journalists in southeastern Diyarbakır...
Another purged public servant feared abducted by Turkish intelligence
Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit, a former civil servant who was dismissed from his job by a government decree, has been missing since December 29, his...
Praising Gülen movement before 2016 coup attempt not a crime, ECtHR says
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has faulted Turkey for violating the right to freedom of expression of a former teacher, stating that...
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