COMMENTARY — New tools for election fraud and voter intimidation in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The possibility of holding free and fair elections in Turkey effectively disappeared in 2015 when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his associates...
Merkel calls for end to Turkey’s Nazi accusations
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Turkey detains 611 people over alleged Gülen links
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Turkey again ranks 10th globally in organized crime index, lags in resilience
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Symptoms of Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome emerge in 2 educators on hunger strike in Turkey
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Turkey detains 34 people over alleged Gülen links
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UN judge Akay faces 15-years of jail term in Turkey over coup charges
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CoE monitoring body warns hate speech, crimes worsening in Turkey
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Work-related accidents in construction result in 1,754 fatalities over 5 years
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Turkish authorities intensify crackdown on pro-Kurdish opposition in 2024: report
Turkish authorities detained at least 3,948 people and arrested 632 in 2024 as part of an intensified crackdown on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and...
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