Turkish prosecutor seeks to lift immunity of CHP leader on charges of insulting Erdoğan
The Ankara Chief Prosecutor’s Office has prepared a summary of proceedings against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for the removal...
Turkey seized 809 companies with worth $10 billion
Turkish government has effectively nationalized 809 companies by taking over their management or turning them over to the Treasury as of January 2017 as...
TRT World’s two reporters detained during Turkish FM’s visit to Saudi Arabia
Two reporters working for state-broadcaster TRT World were briefly detained in Saudi Arabia during Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s visit to the country, reported by...
Erdoğan targets actress over incident at restaurant
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed Turkish actress Deniz Çakır, who was allegedly involved in an incident involving a group of veiled women at a...
Former Bursa governor sentenced to 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links
Şahabettin Harput, a former Turkish governor of the western province of Bursa, was sentenced to six years, three months in prison over alleged links...
Judge who jailed MİT truck prosecutors suspended over Gülen links
One of seven judges and prosecutors who were suspended by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) due to alleged links to the...
Yazidis condemn Turkish gov’t for destruction of ‘condolence house’ in Nusaybin
Turkish authorities' destruction of a condolence house built by Yazidis in Kaleli village in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province who were forced to...
Staffing becomes family affair at Turkish public university
A Turkish public university has come under criticism after every one of eight job openings supposedly allocated by examination went to close family members...
Occupational safety expert sparks outrage for trying to fit dead worker with safety harness...
An occupational safety expert sparked outrage after he tried to fit a safety harness on the lifeless body of a 19-year-old dockyard worker who...
Teenage daughter of imprisoned Turkish teacher dies, illustrating ongoing fallout from post-coup purges
A 15-year-old girl whose mother is serving a prison sentence on conviction of alleged ties to the Gülen movement was found dead in her...
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