German Interior Ministry denies receiving extradition list from Turkey’s Erdoğan
Germany’s Interior Ministry has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not present a list of 136 people to German Chancellor Angela Merkel whose...
Drawing critical of Erdoğan censored in Germany upon request from Turkish consul
A drawing by Kurdish artist Ali Zülfikar critical of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been censored at an exhibition in the German city...
COMMENTARY — Erdoğan shields Hizb ut-Tahrir from criminal prosecution in Turkey
By Abdullah Bozkurt
Hizb ut-Tahrir, an outlawed group that calls for the reinstatement of the caliphate that was abolished in Turkey, was recently given a...
Turkey’s private ANKA news agency closes after 46 years
Turkey's private ANKA News Agency closed on Tuesday after 46 years in business, according to a report by the Cumhuriyet daily.
ANKA, which had reported...
President Erdoğan’s ultranationalist ally: Turkey on verge of social crisis
Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's ultranationalist ally and chairman of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has warned against the increasing rate of...
Turkish court sentences HDP deputy Toğrul to two-and-a-half years for alleged terrorist propaganda
A Turkish court on Tuesday sentenced pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Mahmut Toğrul to two years, six months’ imprisonment for disseminating terrorist propaganda,...
US offers reward for information leading to whereabouts of 3 senior PKK leaders
US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Palmer on Tuesday announced that the US State Department is offering a reward for information leading to...
EU Commissioner Hahn says Turkey’s accession talks should be terminated
Johannes Hahn, European commissioner for enlargement negotiations, on Tuesday said negotiations for Turkey’s membership in the European Union should be officially terminated.
“In the long...
177 people die in workplace accidents across Turkey in October
One hundred seventy-seven workers in Turkey, two of whom were children and 10 of whom were women, lost their lives in workplace accidents in...
Vice chair of Turkish Court of Accounts in charge of audits dismissed after report...
Fikret Çöker, vice chairman of the Court of Accounts (Sayıştay) who has documented and reported irregularities in state institutions, has been dismissed from his...
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