Turkish PM Yıldırım slams US, says holding business with terrorists ‘humiliating’
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said on Thursday that the US cooperation with "terrorist organisations" is self-humiliating for Washington. According to report by Turkey's...
HDP’s questions on luxurious jet presented to Turkey’s Erdoğan by Qatar left unanswered
A series of questions raised by Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Meral Danış Beştaş about a specially equipped Boeing 747-8 that was...
Turkey blocked access to at least 659 online items linked to Pride events, NATO...
Turkish authorities blocked access to at least 659 online accounts, posts, mobile applications and websites related to İstanbul Pride events and protests against a...
Saturday Mothers use QR codes to tell stories of enforced disappearance victims
The Saturday Mothers, a group of activists and relatives seeking to learn the fate of loved ones who disappeared while in police custody in...
Turkey investigates women’s rights association over statements on suspicious deaths of abuse complainant and...
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a women’s rights association on accusations of disseminating misleading information over its statements on the suspicious death...
Turkey’s top court sanctions decree giving immunity to mobs accused of lynching soldiers
In a unanimous decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday found a government decree that granted immunity to civilians who were involved in criminal activities...
Turkish President Erdoğan says European Union’s end is near
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday said he has been observing signs suggesting the European Union is coming to an end, the T24...
Turkish police detain 29 in İstanbul municipality corruption probe
Turkish police on Friday detained 29 people as part of an investigation into corruption allegations at the opposition-run İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Turkish Minute reported,...
668 babies to welcome Eid al-Adha in Turkish prisons
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Six hundred sixty-eight children under the age of 6 will welcome the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bayramı) on Friday in jails across...
Social media campaign urges release of Turkish mother arrested with infant
Social media users on Wednesday launched a campaign calling on Turkish authorities to release Deniz Gündoğdu, who was arrested and sent to Edirne Prison...
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