Qatar emir gifts Turkey’s Erdoğan luxurious $400 million Boeing 747-8
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has presented a luxurious Boeing 747-8 as a gift (!) to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according...
Spain halts extradition of Turkish-Swedish writer Hamza Yalçın
The Spanish government on Friday decided not to extradite Hamza Yalçın, a Turkish-Swedish reporter and writer who was taken into custody in Barcelona over...
Turkey drops to 118th place in 2025 global rule of law index
Turkey was ranked 118th among 143 countries in the 2025 “WJP Rule of Law Index” published by the World Justice Project on Wednesday, dropping one place...
Elderly mother of Kurdish politician injured during police raid on home
The 90-year-old mother of a Kurdish mayor who was removed from office on terrorism charges has sustained injuries in a police raid on their...
Turkey’s parliamentary committee recommends removal of HDP deputy’s immunity
The Justice and Constitution Joint Committee in the Turkish Parliament on Friday recommended removal of the parliamentary immunity of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP)...
EU commissioner says Turkey is distancing itself from European values
Johannes Hahn, the European commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations, has said Turkey is rapidly distancing itself from European values and that this...
Retired chief justice, former ministers urge gov’t to reconcile with Kurds, marginalized citizens
A previous president of Turkey’s Constitutional Court and a former deputy prime minister joined a group of ex-ministers, lawmakers and academics known as the...
EU’s Juncker: No progress on Turkey ties while Turkish journalists jailed
The European Union (EU) and Turkey will see no progress in their relations as long as Turkey holds journalists in prison, European Commission President...
Prosecutor charges 16-year-old with insulting Erdoğan
A 16-year-old girl in İstanbul faces charges for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with a prosecutor demanding her conviction, Turkish Minute reported on...
Journalist gets suspended sentence for defamation of top judiciary members
A Turkish court has handed down a suspended sentence of 20 months to a journalist on conviction of defaming members of the Constitutional Court...
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