Turkish pianist says gov’t funding for concert in Japan cancelled over retweets
Turkish government has cancelled state-funding for an upcoming concert in Japan by the acclaimed pianist Selen Gülün over some of her postings on social...
Syrian teenager stabbed to death in southern Turkey’s Hatay province
A young Syrian man was stabbed to death on Sunday in an apparent hate crime in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, the Duvar...
Turkey’s key coup suspect denies meeting Gülen and involvement in putsch
Kemal Batmaz, one of the key suspects of Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt, has denied meeting Fethullah Gülen and organizing the putsch on the...
Uyghurs in Turkey protest Chinese foreign minister’s visit, citing ongoing persecution in Xinjiang
Dozens of Uyghurs gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in İstanbul on Wednesday to protest Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Turkey...
Turkish interior minister visited mass torture site, personally witnessed abuse that continued after he...
Lt. Col. Tuncay Koçak, head of the organized crime unit at the Gendarmerie General Command, testified in court that he witnessed the visit of...
Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu’s attacks and humiliation targeting EU persist
Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said on Tuesday that the European Union (EU) is falling apart. He said the EU was founded in an...
Appeals court upholds acquittal of Turkish state actors in 1990s extrajudicial killings trial
A regional appeals court has ruled to uphold the acquittal of 19 defendants, including a former interior minister, in a trial involving the enforced...
Turkey arrests union officials for protesting jailing of İstanbul mayor
Two local leaders of a major labor union were arrested Monday in Turkey’s western city of İzmir after participating in demonstrations protesting the jailing...
Mother of twins sent to jail as terror conviction for selling books upheld by...
Mülkiye Demir Kılınç, a 32-year-old mother of twin babies was put under arrest after the Court of Appeals upheld her conviction on terror charges.
Detained along...
Transgender woman stabbed to death in İzmir
A transgender woman was stabbed to death early Wednesday morning in İzmir, the Artı Gerçek news website reported.
According to Artı Gerçek, Ece E. was...
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