Turkey’s top court rejects demand for opening of Hagia Sophia to Muslim prayer
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected an application which claimed that failing to open the country’s historic Hagia Sophia museum to Muslim prayer violates freedom...
Former Turkish judge Okur: Erdoğan called me and said, ‘They will get my son,...
İbrahim Okur, former head of the First Chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), said then-Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
Turkish gov’t imposes indefinite curfew on more than 100 Kurdish villages
The Turkish government on Wednesday imposed an indefinite curfew on at least 116 villages and hamlets in Diyarbakır province, citing an imminent offensive against...
UN report documents Turkish military’s targeting of civilians in Afrin
The Turkish air force may have failed to take all feasible precautions prior to launching certain attacks, leading to the death of civilians during...
Turkish gov’t to stop sending students to American universities
The Turkish government will stop sending students to the United States for postgraduate studies and limit the number it sends to European and Asian...
Erdoğan’s press advisor assigned as Turkey’s new ambassador to Vatican
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s press advisor, Lütfullah Göktaş, was appointed as Turkey’s new ambassador to the Vatican on Thursday as the Turkish Foreign...
Qatar emir gifts Turkey’s Erdoğan luxurious $400 million Boeing 747-8
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has presented a luxurious Boeing 747-8 as a gift (!) to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, according...
Turkish TV anchor testifies due to allegedly insulting Erdoğan in tweet about banned theater...
Turkey’s private FOX TV anchor Fatih Portakal testified to a prosecutor in Istanbul after an investigation was launched to determine whether he had insulted...
Inmates punished for cartoon allegedly insulting Turkish President Erdoğan in prison publication
Six inmates in a prison in the northwestern province of Bolu have been given 10 days of solitary confinement as punishment for allegedly insulting...
Turkish court convicts first German national over controversial coup bid
Turkey for the first time has convicted a German national on charges related to a controversial coup attempt on July 15, 2016, according to reports...
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