Turkish prosecutors say 11,500 mistakenly investigated for ByLock use
The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Wednesday stated that 11,480 GSM users were found to have been involuntarily directed to mobile phone application...
Turkey accused of illegally seizing farmland for post-quake projects
The Turkish government is facing accusations of illegal land seizure after authorities bulldozed private farmland in the country’s earthquake-hit south without a final court...
Turkish broadcaster faces backlash over segment targeting Jewish creator behind major children’s YouTube channels
A Turkish broadcaster is facing backlash after airing a segment that invoked an antisemitic trope to depict the Jewish founder of several major children’s...
Turkish press agency imposes record number of advertising bans on Cumhuriyet daily
Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, has imposed a record number of advertising...
HDP members, including İstanbul co-chair, arrested in run-up to Turkish snap elections
An İstanbul court ruled to arrest 10 people, including pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul branch co-chair Cengiz Çiçek and officials from other branches,...
Jailed Kurdish leader refuses prison visits due to ‘humiliating’ body search: lawyer
Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in prison for almost eight years, is refusing to see visitors because of a new requirement that...
Halkbank’s Deputy CEO Arrested For Conspiring To Evade US Sanctions Against Iran And Other...
Mehmet Hakan Atilla, Deputy CEO of state largest lender Halkbank, was arrested by the agents of Federal Information Bureau (FBI) at John F. Kennedy...
Parents of Afghan-Turk school students vow to defend school in Mazar-e Sharif to the...
The Parents' Committee of an Afghan-Turk school held a press conference on Wednesday in the conference hall of Ariana Boys High School in Mazar-e...
Survey: 1,2 million people victimised by emergency rule in Turkey
A survey conducted by Turkish rights group has showed that over 1,2 million people were badly affected by losing their economic status, property or...
Turkish court gives 4 aggravated life sentences to 34 suspects in alleged assassination attempt...
A court in the Aegean province of Muğla on Wednesday sentenced 34 suspects to 4 aggravated life sentences in the trial of soldiers charged...
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