Google’s Blogspot service mistakenly blocked in Turkey for one day
The İstanbul 10th Penal Court of Peace mistakenly banned access for one day to the Google-owned Blogspot blogging service on Tuesday due to an...
Turkey’s ruling AKP, its ally MHP reject proposals of probe into Suruç killings, Çorlu...
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), have rejected proposals from opposition parties for a parliamentary...
Turkey’s public broadcaster TRT put under direct control of President Erdoğan
Turkey’s public broadcaster, the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT), has been subordinated to the president’s office, according to a new presidential decree issued...
First chapter of post-OHAL anti-terror law approved by Turkish Parliament
The first chapter of a counterterrorism law proposed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government following the termination of a state of emergency,...
Turkish President Erdoğan phones Özil to praise his decision to quit German team
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed the "racist" mistreatment of Turkish-German footballer Mesut Özil, saying he had spoken with him on the phone after...
US congressional negotiators agree to prohibit F-35 delivery to Turkey
The US Senate and House of Representatives have come together on a $716 billion defense spending report that would prohibit the transfer of F-35...
HDP deputy Şık attacked by deputies from Turkey’s ruling AKP during speech in Parliament
Ahmet Şık, a deputy from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), was attacked by a group of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies...
5 Turkish pilots who thwarted putschists in 2016 suspended, detained over Gülen movement links
Five pilots who played a critical role in foiling a controversial coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 have been suspended from duty,...
HDP deputy proposes bill to save children jailed with mothers from Turkish prisons
Meral Danış Bektaş, a deputy from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has proposed a bill that seeks to delay the execution of sentences...
COMMENTARY — Sedat Peker, Erdoğan’s mafia leader ally, is spreading his wings
By Abdullah Bozkurt
The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has contracted some of his clandestine operations to mafia leaders who have apparently pledged to...
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