Imam uses minaret to urge attendance at Erdoğan’s election rally
An imam in Turkey’s central province of Yozgat used the minaret of a local mosque to urge people to attend a Justice and Development...
İstanbul mayor’s bus pelted during election campaign
Angry protesters on Sunday pelted the İstanbul mayor’s campaign bus with stones while he was touring Turkey’s conservative heartland ahead of next weekend’s general...
Turkish court hands down suspended sentence to sexual harassment perpetrator
A Turkish man who was convicted of sexually harassing a young woman on a public bus in central Turkey’s Kayseri province received a reduced...
Purged police officer dies after setting himself on fire
Ahmet Olgun, a former police officer who was fired from his job by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s massive post-coup purge of...
Turkey’s main opposition leader faces fresh probe, lawsuit over remarks criticizing Erdoğan
Turkey’s justice minister announced on Wednesday that prosecutors have opened an investigation into main opposition leader Özgür Özel over comments he made criticizing President...
Turkey extends custody of Kurdish journalist detained while reporting
Turkish authorities have extended the custody of Kurdish journalist Nedim Oruç, who was detained on Wednesday while covering protests in southeastern Turkey, the Mezopotamya...
Turkish justice minister signals unwillingness to interpret ECtHR ruling as precedent, defying expectations
Turkish Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç on Thursday said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment on a former teacher’s conviction on links...
EU rapporteur says Turkey’s membership bid stalled over democracy, not religion
European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sánchez Amor pushed back Tuesday against Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s claim that the European Union is blocking Turkey’s...
Shots fired from both sides at Greek-Turkish border at asylum seekers fleeing Turkey’s crackdown
Border guards from Turkey and Greece on Thursday fired on a group of 11 asylum seekers fleeing a political crackdown by the Turkish government,...
Turkey convicts 2 Kurdish journalists of insult, libel
Courts in eastern Turkey have convicted and handed down sentences to Kurdish journalists Hacı Boğatekin and Özgür Boğatekin, their lawyer announced on social media.
Hacı...
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