Turkish authorities impose fine and confiscate home of Yüksel Street protestor
Turkish authorities have imposed a TL 80,000 ($ 5.583) administrative fine and confiscated a house belonging to Acun Karadağ, a former public servant summarily...
Report: EU denies claims of designating Gülen movement as ‘terror organisation’
The European Union has denied claims by the Turkish press that it has, for the first time, called the Gülen movement a ‘terrorist’ organization in...
Doctors in Turkey discouraged from writing up reports on abuse, torture
There appears to be a systematic and deliberate campaign by the government of Turkey to dissuade doctors from writing up reports that prove abuse...
Court bans access to report on loans from state lender to crime boss’s front...
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NYT: US considering further sanctions against Turkey including limits on THY
The Trump administration is considering a range of further sanctions against Turkey including limits on Turkish Airlines (THY), The New York Times reported on...
Suicide rates in Turkey surge: official statistics
Data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) show that the number of deaths by suicide in Turkey has surged, rising from 2,584 in...
Bulgaria bans AKP deputy, Turkish bureaucrats from entering the country
As tension between Ankara and Sofia over the role of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in upcoming Bulgarian elections persists, it has...
Turkey says 14 citizens held in Gaza flotilla raid could return via Jordan
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has said it expects the return of 14 more of its citizens detained by Israel after a flotilla attempting to...
Twitter flags Turkish interior minister’s tweets targeting LGBT community: report
Twitter has restricted access to two recent tweets by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu that referred to LGBT people as “perverts,” saying the tweets...
Turkish police break man’s arm while detaining 47 protesters in Ankara
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Turkish police on Sunday detained 47 people including 22 women in Ankara protesting the arrest of Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça, two dismissed educators...
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