CHP’s İnce files lawsuit seeking TL 100,000 in damages from Turkish President Erdoğan

Muharrem İnce, the presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP), has filed a lawsuit against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seeking TL100.000...

CHP chairman ordered to pay $20K for allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay TL 95,000 ($19,500)...

Turkish teacher Gökhan Açıkkolu, tortured to death in police custody, would be acquitted if...

Forty-two-year-old Turkish teacher Gökhan Açıkkollu, who was tortured to death under police custody in the wake of a controversial military coup attempt on July 15, 2016...

Turkey’s İstanbul Municipality removes Trump’s name from metro underpass

The city council of İstanbul on Friday overwhelmingly voted to remove US President Donald Trump's name from a pedestrian underpass in the bustling business...

Barcelona’s Turkish player indicted for sexual harassment, possessing unregistered gun

The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Monday indicted Barcelona football star Arda Turan on charges of sexual harassment and possessing an unregistered firearm,...

Turkey playing Trump’s game in declaring Antifa a terrorist organization

Turkey has been trying to play US President Donald Trump’s game by painting Antifa as a terrorist organization in official remarks and pro-government media...

Syrian refugees, political opposition and İstanbul Convention were the subjects of most disinformation, report...

Topics that were the subjects of most disinformation on traditional and social media in Turkey were Syrian refugees, political opposition against the Turkish government...

Armed groups set up checkpoints in Antalya amid rumors that wildfires were caused by...

Armed groups set up checkpoints in different parts of Antalya province amid rumors that wildfires ravaging the region were started by the outlawed Kurdistan...

Student dormitory seized over Gülen links now used as ultranationalist Grey Wolves headquarters in...

A student dormitory seized over alleged affiliation with the faith-based Gülen movement after a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 was given to the...

Turkish pro-gov’t newspaper targets Gülen-linked charity in Germany

Daily Sabah, an English-language daily managed by family members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has targeted a Germany-based charity group, accusing of “financing...

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