Turkish TV watchdog fines music station over song by Rihanna
Turkey's state media watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), fined two music stations last week over what it deemed explicit content in the...
EU rapporteur says Turkey’s membership bid stalled over democracy, not religion
European Parliament Turkey rapporteur Nacho Sánchez Amor pushed back Tuesday against Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s claim that the European Union is blocking Turkey’s...
Erdoğan vows voluntary return of 1 mln Syrians, accuses Kılıçdaroğlu of hate speech against...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday in a live television interview with public broadcaster TRT said 1 million Syrian refugees would return home voluntarily, accusing...
75 detained over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish government has detained of a total of 75 suspects in a week due to alleged links to the Gülen movement, according to reports...
500 victims of Turkish gov’t’s post-coup witch hunt over Gülen links back to public...
A total of 500 dismissed civil servants who were investigated over alleged links to the Gülen movement were reinstated to their public sector jobs...
Parliamentary commission backs legal steps that could pave way for Öcalan’s release
Members of a parliamentary commission advancing a peace initiative with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have agreed on legal changes that could open...
Green Left Party’s parliamentary candidate in recent elections arrested on terrorism charges
Meryem Yıldırım, a candidate for parliament from the opposition Green Left Party (YSP) in the elections held on May 14, has been arrested on...
Turkish Embassy in Niger tracks down critics, violating the Vienna Convention
Turkish government documents obtained by Nordic Monitor have confirmed that critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were spied on by Turkish diplomats in Niamey,...
Turkish gov’t prosecutes 251 people over social media posts in a week
The Turkish government has investigated 1,422 social media accounts and taken legal action against 251 users over the last week (June 11-June 18) on...
Turkish court sentences talent manager to 12 years over alleged coup plot
An İstanbul court on Wednesday sentenced a celebrity talent manager to 12-and-a-half years in prison for aiding an alleged attempt to overthrow the Turkish...
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