Unregistered Syrians who fail to leave İstanbul by Sept. 24 to face sanctions
The Turkish Ministry of Interior has announced that sanctions will be imposed on Syrians who fail to leave İstanbul by Sept. 24 despite being...
IFJ calls on Turkey to investigate mistreatment of Yemeni journalist in detention
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the Turkish government to investigate the mistreatment of Adnan Al-rajhi, a Yemeni journalist based in...
TurkStat: Newspaper, magazine circulation falls in Turkey in 2017
Turkey's statistics authority TurkStat announced on Thursday that the annual circulation of newspapers and magazines in the country last year fell 2,6 percent year-on-year,...
EP rapporteur calls Turkey’s noncompliance with ECtHR rulings in Kavala case a ‘disaster’
Nacho Sanchez Amor, the European Parliament’s Turkey rapporteur, has slammed the upholding of the convictions of five defendants in the Gezi Park trial, describing...
Turkish authorities deny release to critically ill cancer patient arrested on Gülen links
Yusuf Özmen, who was arrested in March to serve a sentence on a Gülen-linked conviction despite having stage 4 cancer, remains in prison despite...
82-year-old man suffers fatal heart attack as Turkish police struggle to detain him
Yusuf Topal, an 82-year-old Turkish man, died from a heart attack on Saturday while police were trying to take him into custody in Giresun,...
Turkish Medical Association condemns gender-based violence in new statement
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) issued a statement on Tuesday condemning gender-based violence and femicide, calling on Turkish authorities to act against increasing cases,...
Residents of İstanbul’s Tozkoparan district evicted from homes by police
Residents of İstanbul's Tozkoparan district, where a gentrification project is underway, were evicted from their homes on Friday by the police, the Evrensel daily...
Turkey’s Erdoğan calls Trump, Pence remarks ‘language of US evangelist, Zionist mentality’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday called sanction threats against Turkey by US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence “language of...
Turkey has requested removal of massive amount of online content from Google in 10...
Turkish government agencies have requested the removal of a total of 90,400 web pages and other content from Google in the last decade, Turkish...
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