Pro-gov’t Turkish contractors cover Yassıada island in concrete
Turkish citizens have expressed outrage after photographs emerged of an island near İstanbul in the Marmara Sea that has been almost entirely covered in...
Turkey’s Halkbank sells dollars on the cheap, prompting public outcry
Turkish state-owned Halkbank sold dollars on the cheap on Friday night in what the bank said was a failure of third-party foreign exchange software, according...
Int’l human rights organisations call on Turkey, Russia and Iran to act on Syria...
The Astana working group on detentions and abductions in the Syrian conflict should take immediate steps to address the Syrian government’s arbitrary detentions, torture...
Woman who lost legs in HDP rally bombing wins compensation from Turkish ministry
Turkey’s Interior Ministry will pay TL1.3 million (around $200,000) in pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages to a woman who lost both of her legs in...
Turkish police prevent another Saturday Mothers meeting in İstanbul
Preventing a sit-in of the Saturday Mothers at İstanbul's Galatasaray Square, with the protest now in its 701st week, Turkish police blocked the entrance...
Turkish journalist Gültekin Avcı has been held in prison for 3 years just because...
Gültekin Avcı (49), a former Turkish prosecutor and a journalist-columnist, has been held in prison by the Turkish government led by President Recep Tayyip...
COMMENTARY — Turkey’s intel agency trafficked drugs and stolen vehicles to jihadists in Syria
By Abdullah Bozkurt
A hushed-up investigation in Turkey’s capital city of Ankara in early 2014 reveals how intelligence officers on the payroll of the National...
German FM Maas: Turkey must free prisoners to mend ties with EU
Turkey cannot revive its strained relationship with the European Union (EU) until it frees German citizens it has detained, Germany’s foreign minister said on...
EU reacts to Turkish gov’t ban on Saturday Mothers, says freedom of assembly key...
The European Union (EU) reacted on Friday to Turkish government's ban on the peaceful vigil by Saturday Mothers, who are relatives of people who have...
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls int’l rating agencies ‘fraudsters,’ says currency crisis will pass
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday called international credit rating agencies “fraudsters” while promising his supporters that “this too shall pass,” referring to...
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