Pro-Kurdish HDP’s referendum song banned for ‘inciting hatred’
The Şırnak Governor’s Office has announced that the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) official referendum campaign song, “Bejin Na‘’ (Say No), has been banned...
Turkish ambassador in Stockholm slanders Swedish schools as terror financiers
In a scandalous remark made to Radio Sweden, Turkey's ambassador in Stockholm, Kaya Türkmen effectively called Swedish schools and associations run by people affiliated...
CoE congress urges strengthening of local democracy in Turkey
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE) on Wednesday adopted a recommendation and resolution on the situation of...
Ex-Pentagon adviser says Turkey is heading towards civil conflict, if not civil war
Michael Rubin, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon adviser, said on Wednesday that Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip...
Prominent Turkish figures call for release of jailed HDP deputies
Over 440 intellectuals, politicians and writers, including jailed journalist Hasan Cemal, former Taraf daily Editor-in-Chief Yasemin Çongar, Kurdish writer Tarık Ziya Ekinci and Kurdish...
416 people reinstated to their public posts by new gov’t decree
A total of 416 people from various ministries and public institutions who were dismissed by earlier decrees were reinstated to their posts by a...
Activities of Dutch-based Booking.com banned in Turkey
An İstanbul court on Wednesday ruled for a preventive ban on the activities of the Booking.com online hotel booking platform in Turkey due to...
Turkish intel spying on 12 hotels in US, collecting clients’ personal data
A recent news article at the pro-government Akşam daily revealed that Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) agents have been involved in espionage against 12 hotels...
Lawyer representing dissident politician Akşener detained over coup involvement
Nuri Polat, a lawyer representing Meral Akşener, a former deputy and candidate for leadership of the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has been detained...
8 Anadolu news agency reporters detained over ByLock use
Eight reporters working for Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency have been detained over their use of a smart phone application known as ByLock .
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