Turkey stops issuing residence permits to new Russian arrivals: report
Russian citizens relocating to Turkey in recent weeks are being refused residence permits, Turkish Minute reported, citing the Russian media.
Since Dec. 26, Russian citizens...
Turkish diplomats in North Macedonia spied on residents in breach of Vienna conventions: report
Turkish government documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were spied on by Turkish diplomats in Skopje...
RSF urges Turkey to release journalist arrested on espionage charges
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Tuesday called on Turkish authorities to immediately release journalist Merdan Yanardağ, the editor-in-chief of the TELE1 broadcaster, who has been arrested...
OIC member states convene at Turkey’s invitation to denounce Quran burning, Islamophobia
Upon the invitation of Turkey, members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) convened in Jeddah on January 31 to condemn the recent burning...
4 detained in police raid of Kurdish party branch, other locations in eastern Turkey:...
Four people were detained when Turkish police raided the provincial office of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and various other locations in the...
Turkish prison board denies probation to ousted Kurdish mayor of Diyarbakır
A Turkish prison administration has rejected an application for probation filed by Selçuk Mızraklı, the ousted co-mayor of Diyarbakır, the Artı Gerçek news website...
33,000 buildings severely damaged in earthquake zone in Turkey: ministry
The Turkish Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate announced on Tuesday that 33,143 buildings in 13 provinces were severely damaged by last week’s earthquake...
Turkey’s top court denies paralyzed Kurdish man release from prison
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has denied Abdullah Turan, 24, who is paralyzed from the neck down, release from prison despite a medical report stating that...
Gülen-linked educator paralyzed in prison amid medical neglect
Uğur Öztaş, an 88-year-old educator imprisoned over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, has become paralyzed in prison allegedly due to the neglect...
Geologists warn against immediate construction in earthquake zone as Turkish authorities open tenders for...
Despite warnings from geologists, Turkish authorities will start holding tenders on Wednesday for the construction of new housing in southern Turkey after massive earthquakes...
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