Turkey’s state-run TRT parts ways with Euronews
The Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) has ended its partnership with European news channel Euronews, which broadcasts in 10 languages including Turkish, according...
Woman dies of cancer without being able to see husband imprisoned on Gülen links
A woman whose husband was imprisoned on conviction of alleged links to the Gülen movement succumbed to cancer on Monday without being able to...
Turkish spies gather intelligence in French city near German border, document reveals
A leaked Turkish government document obtained by Nordic Monitor reveals that Turkish intelligence operatives conducted surveillance activities in France to collect information on a...
Retired colonel claims Turkey issues green passports to radicals trained in Syria
A retired Turkish colonel has claimed that he found out after having a problem with his green passport at a German airport that Turkey...
Turkey’s judicial board replaces 154 judges
The first chamber of Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has replaced 154 judges under a summer decree, the Diken news website reported...
Kurdish leader imprisoned since 2016 declines to attend father’s funeral in protest
Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş, a two-time presidential candidate and former co-chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who has been imprisoned since 2016,...
For Turkish media, purge victims, including infants, in boat tragedy are all ‘terrorists’
The most of Turkish media outlets including those seemingly independent and not surprisingly pro-government organizations have referred to the victims of a boat tragedy...
Opposition media under fire for supporting AKP’s psychological warfare on election night
Turkey’s pro-opposition media outlets have come under fire on social media for allegedly providing support to the ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) psychological...
Turkish man aiding Syrian refugees through Ankara charity shop arrested on sexual assault charges
A Turkish man known for helping refugees through a charity shop in Ankara has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting several Syrian women...
Turkish election board moves ballot boxes in Kurdish provinces, prompting fears of fraud
Citing “security reasons,” Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) decided on Sunday to move ballot boxes in at least 19 provinces from which the pro-Kurdish...
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