Erdoğan says Sweden needs to extradite 130 ‘terrorists’ to Turkey for its NATO bid

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has demanded the extradition of some 130 people from Sweden to Turkey whom he called “terrorists” in order for...

Former Turkish minister detained for insulting President Erdoğan

Former minister of health Rıfat Serdaroğlu was detained at Ankara Esenboğa Airport on Thursday and taken to the public prosecutor’s office for questioning for...

Jailed Kurdish politician criticizes peace efforts for ignoring reconciliation between Kurds and Turks

Selahattin Demirtaş, the imprisoned former co-chair of Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish political party, has accused the government of neglecting social reconciliation in its ongoing peace...

Turkish intelligence ordered assassination of exiled journalists Bozkurt and Güven, journalist claims

Independent journalist Erkam Tufan Aytav claimed on his YouTube program on Wednesday that a German woman of Turkish origin was ordered by Turkey’s National...

Prosecutor demands 26 years for 3 minors allegedly tortured under custody

A public prosecutor demanded 26 years of imprisonment for three minors who were arrested in the eastern province of Van in 2019 on charges...

169 workers killed in Turkey workplace accidents in October

At least 169 workers died in workplace accidents across Turkey in October, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch...

[UPDATE] Int’l community rushes to offer Turkey, Syria aid after powerful earthquake

Countries around the world mobilized rapidly to send aid and rescue workers on Monday after a massive earthquake killed more than 5,000 people in...

COVID-19 continues to spread in Turkey’s overcrowded prisons

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit Turkey’s overcrowded prisons hard, with news of new infections coming from Hilvan Prison in the southeastern city of...

Pro-gov’t Limak Holding wins environmental approval for controversial gold mine in western Turkey

Limak Holding, a conglomerate with close ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has received government approval for a major gold mining project in...

Turkish courts arrested 20 people due to ‘provocative’ posts about earthquake

Turkish courts have ruled for the arrest of 20 social media users due to their “provocative” posts on social media about a powerful earthquake...
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