Turkey’s Erdoğan likens Israeli violence against Palestinians to Nazis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday accused Israel of "thuggery, violence and state terror," comparing the country's actions against Palestinians to Nazi persecution of...
Ailing inmate with cancer kept in prison despite critical condition
Mustafa Aytaç, an inmate at a prison in the western Turkish province of Afyon, remains incarcerated despite suffering from cancer and a medical report...
Turkish, Swedish delegations hold talks in Ankara about Turkey’s extradition requests
A delegation from the Swedish justice ministry met with a delegation from its counterpart in Turkey on Wednesday to discuss Turkey’s requests for the...
Gag order imposed on news reports about embassy official allegedly involved in drug trafficking:...
A court in the western Turkish province of Edirne has imposed a gag order on news reports about Veysel Filiz, a former employee of...
Turkish Parliament receives requests to lift immunity of 12 lawmakers, including opposition leader
Turkey’s parliament has received requests seeking to lift the legislative immunity of 12 lawmakers, including Özgür Özel, leader of the country’s main opposition Republican...
Turkish courts sentence 1,258 defendants to aggravated life over their alleged role in coup...
Turkish courts have sentenced a total of 1,808 defendants to lengthy prison terms, including aggravated life for 1,258 of them, in 163 out of...
Turkish prison bans Kurdish language in phone calls with relatives
A prison in the Turkish province of Şırnak has imposed a ban on the use of Kurdish language during phone calls between inmates and...
Erdoğan signs controversial media law critics say will stifle free speech
A controversial media law that attracted widespread criticism from rights groups and the opposition on accusations it will further cripple free speech in Turkey...
Report: Syrian women in Turkey’s refugee camps forced into prostitution
Syrian women who had to fled from their war-torn country to Turkey with their families have been forced into prostitution in the refugee camps, which...
8 municipal officials detained over factory fire that killed 7 workers in northwestern Turkey
Eight municipal officials, including a deputy mayor, were detained on Thursday as part of an investigation into a factory fire that killed seven workers,...
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