Armenian church in Malatya hosts first religious service since 1915 as a culture center
The Surp Yerrortutyun (Holy Trinity) Armenian Church in Malatya, in east-central Turkey, on August 29 hosted its first religious service since the Armenian genocide...
European rights court orders Turkey to pay millions in damages to victims of post-coup...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Turkey to pay damages to 468 individuals, ruling their detention in the aftermath of a...
Police question jailed İstanbul mayor’s father, son on alleged money laundering
The father and son of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu were questioned by police on Tuesday as suspects in an expanding investigation into alleged...
Turkish court sentences three journalists for ‘disseminating terrorist propaganda’
A Turkish court sentenced three journalists and editors of the now-shuttered Özgür Gündem newspaper to prison on charges of spreading "terrorist propaganda,” the Media...
Turkish court hands down suspended sentence to Kurdish folk singer for terrorist propaganda
The İstanbul 27th High Criminal Court sentenced Kurdish folk singer Veysi Ermiş to 18 months in prison for "terrorist propaganda" for using worlds like...
Turkish gov’t dismisses 461 career diplomats from foreign ministry over alleged links to Gülen...
The Turkish government has dismissed 461 career diplomats at the Foreign Ministry as part of its massive post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...
Twitter flags Turkish interior minister’s tweets targeting LGBT community: report
Twitter has restricted access to two recent tweets by Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu that referred to LGBT people as “perverts,” saying the tweets...
Greece stops 5 boats from Turkey carrying more than 120 migrants: report
Greece has prevented five boats carrying more than 120 people from illegally entering its waters in the eastern Aegean Sea from Turkey, The Associated...
Swedish parliament adopts tougher anti-terror law
Sweden’s parliament on Wednesday passed new legislation to ban activities linked to extremist groups, as it beefs up its terror laws, a key demand...
Turkey’s ruling AKP to push through measures detrimental to new parties: report
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) is planning to push through measures with its nationalist allies that affect how political...
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