Erdoğan says naysayers in referendum side with July 15 coup plotters
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said those who will vote against a constitutional reform package which among other things brings an executive presidency in...
Zaman employee says in Turkish court facing life sentence due to a TV commercial
Yakup Şimşek (53), the brand marketing manager of now-closed Zaman daily, one-time best-selling newspaper in Turkey, has said he is facing a life sentence...
Commerzbank: Turkey’s official growth figures questionable, possibly politically influenced
Germany’s second-largest bank, Commerzbank, has said Turkey’s official growth figures released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TurkStat) are more than questionable and may have...
Turkish police waiting at mother’s hospital room to detain her just after delivery
Turkish police have reportedly been waiting in a hospital room to detain a woman named as Merve A., who has delivered a baby at...
Turkish actor Pekin and 8 others arrested over alleged links to Gülen movement
Turkish comedian and theater actor Ömer Pekin and 8 more actors, who were detained during operations across 14 provinces in an İzmir-based investigation targeting the...
Closure of 2013 graft probes plunged Turkey into lawlessness: ex-prosecutor
The former Turkish prosecutor in charge of the December 17, 2013 corruption and bribery operation said in an interview with investigative journalist Cevheri Güven...
Dozens of social media accounts blocked over postings on referendum frauds
An Ankara court blocked access to 40 Twitter, 2 Facebook accounts along with 4 websites over their postings on alleged government fraud in the...
Turkish court to give final verdict in coup trial of renowned journalists
An İstanbul high criminal court on Monday began the final hearings in the trial of seven journalists including Nazlı Ilıcak and the Altan brothers...
Bulgarian journalists sent letters to Turkish colleagues in jail ahead of Varna summit
The Association of European Journalists-Bulgaria (AEJ-Bulgaria) sent letters to journalists jailed in Turkey as a sign of solidarity with them.
A huge number of media...
Turkish authorities change 400-year-old mosque’s name from ‘Kürtler’ to ‘Türkler’
Turkish authorities have changed the name of a 400-year-old mosque in Turkey's Kilis province from "Kürtler Camii" (the Mosque of Kurds) to "Türkler Camii"...
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