Turkish academic announces he will not vote for any woman candidate in local elections
A professor of aviation and space sciences at Turkey’s Necmettin Erbakan University has announced that he will not vote for any female candidate in...
Black humour: Erdoğan says no group’s freedom has deteriorated in 16 years of AKP...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that the freedom of no individual or an ethnic or religious group had deteriorated in Turkey...
Journalists from pro-opposition TV station face 14 years over interview with court witness
Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to 14 years in prison for journalists and executives from the pro-opposition Halk TV station for airing an interview...
Turkey removed 32 Kurdish mayors in 2019: report
Turkey’s Interior Ministry appointed trustees to replace 32 elected Kurdish mayors in 2019, the Mezopotamya news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a report drafted...
US hopeful Turkey will free pastor Brunson at Friday hearing
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday he was hopeful that Turkey would soon release an American pastor and end a two-year...
Erdoğan’s henchman Külünk allegedly gives order to Erdoğanist thugs to punish Germany’s Böhmermann
German media reported on Wednesday that Metin Külünk, a henchman of Turkish autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the ruling Justice and Development Party...
Turkey’s prison population exceeds capacity by over 116,000
Turkey’s prison population reached 421,583 as of June 1, more than 116,000 above the country’s official prison capacity, Turkish Minute reported, citing data from the Ministry...
Turkey arrests CHP official for criticizing July 15 commemorations on Facebook
Aliye Şenoğlu, a public official working for Adana’s Seyhan Municipality and a member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been put...
Turkish trustee-mayor insists on keeping toilet over Armenian graves
A Turkish government-appointed trustee of Van’s Edremit Municipality has told that the toilet which was claimed to be built in an Armenian cemetery and...
Turkey’s top court to assess an appeal by HDP’s jailed co-chair Demirtaş on Dec....
Turkey's top court has announced on Thursday that the court will be assessing an appeal by pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party's (HDP) imprisoned Co-chair Selahattin...
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