Turkey’s media watchdog revokes radio station license over ‘Armenian genocide’ reference
The Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, has cancelled the broadcasting license of independent radio station Açık Radyo (Open...
Turkish court decides to release 8 more May Day protestors, 33 remain jailed
The first hearing in the trial of 12 people, eight of whom were put in pretrial detention, for attempting to defy a government ban...
Wages stagnate, cost of living bites: Labor union protests TurkStat over inflation figures
The Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK) gathered outside the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) in Ankara on Monday to protest the latest inflation data,...
474 detained after anti-Syrian riots spread across Turkey in xenophobic outburst
Turkish police detained 474 people involved in a wave of anti-Syrian riots, leading to widespread property damage and heightened tensions across the country after...
Number of protestors killed in clashes with Turkish forces in north Syria rises to...
Clashes between armed protesters and guards of Turkish positions in Syria’s north killed seven people, a medical source and a rights group said Tuesday,...
Candidate for judge who ranked second in nationwide exam eliminated in interview
Özgür Taşçı, a law school graduate, has been eliminated in the interview stage for the position of judge despite ranking second nationally in last...
Municipal employee who lost his eye due to Gezi Park police violence awarded $3,000...
An administrative appeals court in Ankara has ordered the state to pay TL 100,000 ($3,000) in non-pecuniary damages to Muharrem Dalsüren, a municipal worker...
67 detained in central Turkey after mob attacks Syrian properties
Turkish police detained 67 people on Monday after a mob went on the rampage in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri after a Syrian...
10 get aggravated life sentences in 2015 Ankara bombings retrial
A Turkish court has handed down aggravated life sentences and additional prison time to 10 defendants who were retried due to their role in...
15 demonstrators detained during banned Pride march in İstanbul
Several hundred people briefly participated in an LGBTQ Pride march on Sunday in İstanbul that had been banned by local authorities, leading to the...
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