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Former HDP politician says Turkey may start new peace process to solve the Kurdish problem

Sırrı Sakık, a former member of the Turkish Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), has said Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party...

US sanctions Turkey over purchase of Russian missile defense system

The United States is imposing sanctions on NATO-ally Turkey's military procurement agency as punishment for its purchase of a Russian-made missile defense system, The...

ECtHR yet to deliver judgment on Turkish TV executive imprisoned for 6 years

Cevheri Güven Hidayet Karaca, a former Turkish TV executive locked up over the content of two fictional TV series, has completed his sixth year behind...

Erdoğan’s crackdown on opponents reached South Korea, judicial document reveals: report

Turkey's massive crackdown on critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was expanded to East Asia, and Turkish nationals living in South Korea were indicted...

Turkey spending more than budgets of 7 ministries for Erdoğan’s national parks project

Turkey has allocated a budget of TL 16 billion (around $204 million) for the development of national parks, a project of Turkish President and...

Iranian drug lord played key role in Tehran black op to abduct opposition figure from Turkey: report

Naji Sharifi Zindashti, an Iranian drug kingpin who was arrested and released in Turkey in 2018 in a scandal involving the highest echelons of...

Turkish gov’t accused of turning prisons into enterprises, exploiting inmates’ labor: report

The Turkish government has been accused of turning its low-security prisons, where more than 60,000 inmates are employed in revenue-generating jobs for very low...

Smuggled out in 1964, ancient sculpture of mother-goddess Cybele returns to Anatolia

A 1,700-year-old sculpture of Cybele, an Anatolian goddess associated with abundance and fertility, returned to Turkey after being smuggled abroad 56 years ago, Turkish...

As Me Too gains momentum in Turkey, 62 NGOs stand up for sexually abused women in joint statement

As more and more Turkish women reveal on social media their memories of sexual assault by men, 62 nongovernmental organizations in Turkey have released...

Ministry chart shows more than 1 mln COVID-19 recoveries in a single day in Turkey

Turkey’s Health Ministry, which has been harshly criticized for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, has come under fire due to a chart showing...

Father of soldier burned to death by ISIL claims Turkey forced son to join ISIL as informant

The father of one of two Turkish soldiers who were allegedly burned to death by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists...

Hot mic reveals judge spoke with Erdoğan aide on phone before coup trial

The head of the panel of judges hearing a trial concerning involvement in a failed 2016 coup in Turkey had a phone call with...

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