New mayor bans municipal aid to refugees
A newly elected mayor in Turkey’s Bolu province from the ranks of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) banned the giving of municipal...
Turkish cartoonist freed under judicial supervision after months in pretrial detention
A Turkish court has ordered the release of LeMan satirical magazine cartoonist Doğan Pehlevan under judicial supervision in a case that had kept him...
Turkey earthquakes accounted for most deaths in 2023 natural disasters: study
A recent study by a German insurance company revealed that 74,000 people died globally in natural disasters in 2023, with most deaths occurring because...
Dismissed police officer, killed in construction site accident, reinstated to job
A former police officer who died in a work accident at a construction site in November, where he made his living following his dismissal...
Court declines to sentence Turkish journalists in MİT trucks case
A Turkish court has declined to sentence former Cumhuriyet newspaper Ankara representative Erdem Gül and opposition deputy and former editor-in-chief Enis Berberoğlu in the...
Famous Turkish YouTuber gets suspended sentence over social media remarks
An İstanbul court has handed down a 26-month suspended sentence to popular YouTuber and filmmaker İlker Canikligil over comments he made during a livestream...
Turkey detains 165 in operations targeting Kurdish political movement
Turkish police on Tuesday conducted raids across 28 provinces and detained a total of 165 people, including peace activists and members of the Peoples’...
Turkish gov’t sells company seized over alleged Gülen links at far below market value
Turkey’s Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has sold at well below its market value Naksan Holding, once one of Turkey’s largest corporations before it was...
Secret documents expose large-scale spying on critics by Turkish embassies
Secret Turkish Foreign Ministry documents obtained by Nordic Monitor reveal that Turkish embassies and consulates have become tools of spying and profiling and confirm that...
Jailed PKK leader warns ‘coup mechanics’ will kick in if peace talks collapse
The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has warned that Ankara’s renewed peace efforts with the group “must succeed,” saying that...
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