[UPDATE] Turkey’s earthquake death toll exceeds 42,000
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) has put the death toll of powerful earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this month at more than...
Prosecution of murder of Turkish journalist Dink remains unsatisfactory: CPJ
The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Turkish authorities to conduct an impartial and depoliticized investigation into the killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink...
CHP chairman ordered to pay $20K for allegedly insulting Turkey’s Erdoğan
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay TL 95,000 ($19,500)...
Turkish authorities detained 93 people over alleged Gülen links in 10 days of operations
Turkish authorities have over the past 10 days detained 93 individuals due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya...
Turkey’s top bar association files complaint against contractors, gov’t officials for ‘murder’ after earthquake
The Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) has filed a complaint against the contractors and government officials they claim are responsible for the buildings...
Spying by Turkish diplomats in Jordan triggered criminal investigation in Turkey, documents reveal
The Turkish government used its diplomats in Jordan to profile opponents of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and gather intelligence about them to help...
Turkish court gives aggravated life sentences to 31 military members over coup bid
A Turkish court on Tuesday handed down aggravated life sentences to 31 military members in a trial concerning the Beytepe Gendermarie Schools Command in...
Healthcare experts warn increasing poverty in Turkey directly linked to childhood obesity
Healthcare experts have warned that increasing food prices and growing poverty have had a direct effect on rising obesity among children in Turkey, the...
Last week’s earthquakes test Erdoğan’s one-man rule: report
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assumed sweeping powers in 2018, he swore the state would deliver more under a centralized system that his...
Lawyer arrested based on doctored document petitions Supreme Court of Appeals to revise its...
Turan Canpolat, 52, a lawyer who was arrested based on a doctored document on January 30, 2016, petitioned the Supreme Court of Appeals to...
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