Investigation launched into main opposition MP over alleged insult of Erdoğan: minister
Turkey’s justice minister announced on Monday the launch of an investigation into Ali Mahir Başarır, deputy parliamentary group chair of the main opposition Republican...
Turkish student’s internship application rejected by Swedish professor over Sweden’s NATO bid
A professor at Stockholm University has turned down a Turkish student who applied for an internship because Turkey refuses to approve Sweden's application to...
6 arrested in probe into İstanbul Municipality’s digital platforms
Six people have been arrested as part of an investigation into the İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality over its digital platforms “İstanbul Senin” (İstanbul Is Yours)...
Turkey has largest number of cases pending before European rights court
Approximately 20,100 applications from Turkey are pending before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), making it the highest case-count country since Aug. 1,...
19 women killed by men, 22 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in...
Nineteen women were murdered by men in Turkey in October and another 22 died under suspicious circumstances, the We Will Stop Femicide Platform reported.
Of the...
[UPDATE] Turkey’s earthquake death toll exceeds 42,000
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) has put the death toll of powerful earthquakes that hit Turkey earlier this month at more than...
Turkish court orders release of jailed opposition mayor Özer
A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered the release of Ahmet Özer, the jailed mayor of İstanbul’s Esenyurt district from the main opposition Republican People’s...
Greeks put politics aside to rush aid to Turkey
Aimilia Balta’s mother fled Turkey after a vicious war with Greece a century ago, but it has not stopped the elderly Greek from donating...
Turkey earthquake Europe’s worst natural disaster in ‘a century’: WHO
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that last week’s massive earthquake, the epicenter of which was in Turkey, constituted the “worst natural disaster” in...
Demirtaş denies claims he has softened stance toward Erdoğan, insists he will leave prison...
Jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş has denied claims made by former parliament speaker Bülent Arınç implying that he had softened his stance toward President...
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