Berlin denies Turkey’s accusations of press freedom violations in detention of journalists
The German Foreign Ministry has denied Turkey’s accusations of violation of freedom of the press over the brief detention of two journalists from the...
İstanbul police detain 4 young Kurds doing traditional dance, sparking criticism
Four young Kurdish men who were doing a traditional dance to loud music being played from loudspeakers were detained by İstanbul police and forced...
Erdoğan vows voluntary return of 1 mln Syrians, accuses Kılıçdaroğlu of hate speech against...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday in a live television interview with public broadcaster TRT said 1 million Syrian refugees would return home voluntarily, accusing...
Voting for Turkey’s elections on religious organization premises in Lyon sparks criticism
Voting for Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections in a hall provided by the French branch of the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) in...
6 mln votes cast in 22,000 ballot boxes in May 14 elections are ‘suspicious’:...
The nationalist İYİ (Good) Party has raised allegations of election fraud that potentially affected 6 million votes cast in tens of thousands of ballot...
At least 65 detained in operation targeting Kurdish politicians
Turkish police on Tuesday detained at least 65 people in raids across Turkey in operations targeting Kurds ahead of a critical presidential runoff on...
3 Yazidi fighters killed in Turkish drone strike: Iraqi Kurds
A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Tuesday killed three Yazidi fighters affiliated with the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Agence France-Presse reported,...
Erdoğan supporters bullish in his German stronghold
“I voted for Erdoğan because he deserves to be re-elected,” says Esra Köse, 45, who like the majority of Turkish voters in Germany backs...
Journalist given suspended sentence on Erdoğan insult charges
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended sentence to a reporter from the anti-government Birgün daily on charges of insulting President Recep Tayyip...
93 inmates have died in Turkish prisons in the last 17 months: report
Ninety-three inmates have died in Turkish prisons since January 2022, the Mezopotamya News Agency (MA) reported, citing data from the Human Rights Association (İHD).
Fifteen inmates...
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