Turks defend nature against Erdoğan’s development push
Lush, thick woodland and green tea fields coat the slopes of an idyllic valley, a slice of pastoral heaven near the Turkish president’s familial...
Turkish man to change Dolar surname following depreciation of lira against US dollar
A man named Ferhat Dolar reportedly applied to the Dalaman registry office in Muğla province to change his surname after the Turkish lira (TL)...
Prominent Turkish academic ends political commentary, fearing imprisonment
Prominent Turkish academic and journalist Nuray Mert has announced that she will no longer write about Turkish politics or speak publicly on political matters,...
Turkish TV anchor to testify in Erdoğan insult investigation
HALK TV anchor and journalist Şule Aydın has been ordered to give testimony to a prosecutor in Istanbul after an investigation was launched to...
Turkish court reinstates official fired during emergency rule in landmark decision
A Turkish court on Monday ruled in a precedent-setting case to reinstate a public servant who was fired from her job by a government...
Turkish gov’t hands over critical Iranian journalist to Tehran regime
The Turkish government has handed over Iranian opposition journalist Arash Sohashargh to the Tehran regime, according to a report by online news outlet Artı Gerçek.
Columnist Yıldız...
Turkey upholds life sentence for severely disabled inmate despite ECtHR ruling
Turkey has refused to revise the aggravated life sentence, which affords no possibility of release, of a severely disabled inmate despite a European Court...
Kılıçdaroğlu harshens rhetoric, says 10 million refugees need to be urgently expelled from Turkey
In an apparent bid to woo nationalist voters, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the soft-spoken main opposition leader and presidential candidate, has stepped up his rhetoric and...
Turkish interior minister visited mass torture site, personally witnessed abuse that continued after he...
Lt. Col. Tuncay Koçak, head of the organized crime unit at the Gendarmerie General Command, testified in court that he witnessed the visit of...
Turkey appoints controversial gov’t figure as ambassador to Netherlands
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has appointed Şaban Dişli, one of the founders of the party...
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