Erdoğan slams Turkey’s top business association after rare criticism of government
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday delivered a scathing attack on the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD), accusing the country’s most influential...
US State Department annual report details Turkey’s human rights abuses
The US State Department on March 20 issued its 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices with a subsection on Turkey in which it...
Turkey was Europe’s largest plastic waste destination in 2020: report
The European Union exported some 660,000 tons of plastic waste to Turkey in 2020, making it the bloc’s largest plastic waste destination, Turkish Minute...
Turkish gov’t detains 334 people over links to Gülen movement in past week
The Turkish government detained a total of 334 people last week (July 30-August 6) as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged...
X blocks access to accounts of 3 Kurdish journalists in Turkey
Three Kurdish journalists in Turkey have had their X accounts blocked following a request from the Turkish government, citing concerns over “national security,” Turkish...
Jailed Kurdish journalists indicted on terrorism charges 10 months after detention
Twenty-one people, the vast majority of whom are Kurdish journalists detained in southeastern Diyarbakır province in June 2022, have been indicted on terrorism charges...
Anti-Gülenist witch-hunt reaches new levels, with dozens arrested for ‘spreading COVID-19 across Turkey’
The recent arrest of Gülen movement members by police for “spreading COVID-19 across Turkey” reveals how the anti-Gülenist witch-hunt has reached new levels in...
Jailed Zaman columnist Türköne seen with daughter in first photo from Turkish prison
Sıla Türköne, the daughter of jailed Turkish columnist and political scientist Mümtaz'er Türköne, has said her father will celebrate yet a third birthday in...
Activists slam Turkish govt’s climate bill for commercializing environmental harm
A coalition of environmental groups has launched a campaign against a climate bill recently introduced by Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), criticizing...
Earthquake anger ebbs in Erdoğan’s stronghold ahead of vote
Latif Dalyan offers shirts and sweatpants at knock-down prices to Turkey’s earthquake victims from a storefront surrounded by piles of debris, Agence France-Presse reported.
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