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Exiled journalist warns of a genocide in the making in newly released book

Bünyamin Tekin "The increasingly widespread witch-hunt, systematic and widespread hate speech, ongoing persecution and massacre of Gulen movement members have made conditions in Turkey ripe...

New factory plans abandoned over concerns about Turkey’s political situation, Volkswagen CEO admits

German automaker Volkswagen has acknowledged for the first time that concern about the political situation in Turkey was the reason the company abandoned plans...

Rear handcuffing of Gülen detainees sparks criticism of rights defenders

Turkish police officers have taken 66 people who were detained as part of an İzmir-based operation targeting members of the faith-based Gülen movement to...

Assassination plots occupy the political debate in Turkey

Successive reports in the Turkish media have alleged plots to assassinate İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) leader Kemal...

Turkey’s Erdoğan says he’ll get vaccinated against COVID-19 to set example for the public

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he would get vaccinated against the coronavirus, in a move intended to boost public confidence in the...

Turkey has returned to dark days of ’90s during 18-year-long AKP rule, report reveals

There have been gross human rights violations, a regression in freedom of speech and a return to the dark days of the 1990s, which...

Court rejects recusal demand by journalist Dündar’s lawyers in MİT trucks case

A high criminal court in İstanbul has rejected a demand for the recusal of the panel of judges by lawyers for journalist Can Dündar, who...

Health minister says COVID-19 vaccine will not be mandatory in Turkey

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said a COVID-19 vaccine will not be mandatory for people in Turkey but that his ministry will try...

Jailed journalist reveals injustices in his prosecution in letter to colleague

Former economy editor Zafer Özcan, who was arrested last year on terror-related charges, revealed the injustices he faced during his prosecution in a letter...

Foreign airlines halting flights to İstanbul due to high airport charges

Already challenged by the serious financial problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic, some foreign airlines are halting their flights to İstanbul due to the...

EU’s Michel says cat-and-mouse game with Turkey must end

A game of “cat-and-mouse” between the European Union and Turkey needs to come to an end, European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday,...

Do Armenians plan to leave Turkey after the Karabakh war?

by Alin Ozinian İstanbul’s Armenian community feared for its safety during the 43-day Karabakh war, which appears to have ended with a peace deal signed...

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