Turkey has removed 154 mayors since 2016 coup attempt, mainly on ‘terrorism charges’
The Turkish government has removed 154 mayors from office, most often on accusations related to terrorism in the last eight years, replacing them with...
Turkish gov’t restricts Twitter following deadly earthquake in Turkey, Syria
The Turkish government restricted Twitter on multiple internet providers following a deadly earthquake that killed thousands in Turkey and Syria, global internet monitor NetBlocks...
Turkey orders hundreds of arrests over alleged Gülen links in less than a week
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 258 people in the last five days due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to...
NATO air commander: Turkey’s plan to buy Russian S-400 missiles a risk for NATO
The Turkish government's plans to buy Russia's S-400 missile defense system would give a weapon used by “known foes” of NATO deep insight into...
Over 2.7 million people in İstanbul live in poverty: study
More than 2.7 million people out of 15 million residents of İstanbul are living in poverty, according to a study by the İstanbul Planning...
Turkey earthquake Europe’s worst natural disaster in ‘a century’: WHO
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that last week’s massive earthquake, the epicenter of which was in Turkey, constituted the “worst natural disaster” in...
Opposition deputy takes deportation of Iranian asylum seekers to parliament
Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit, a deputy from the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), has submitted a parliamentary question about Turkish authorities' decision to deport four Iranian...
Turkish-backed rebels torture, kill Kurdish man in Syria’s Afrin province: report
A Kurdish man succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday after he was attacked by Turkish-backed rebels at his home in the Afrin district of...
Turkey detains 110 in operations targeting alleged Gülen followers
A total of 110 people have been detained over the past week in police operations that targeted alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement,...
Tent city in earthquake disaster zone at risk of flooding, warns Turkish Chamber of...
Amid devastating earthquakes that hit southeastern Turkey on February 6, the Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers has warned that a tent city in Diyarbakır...
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