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1,077 Turkish citizens applied for asylum in Belgium in 2019

A total of 1,077 Turkish citizens sought asylum in Belgium in 2019, according data released by the Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless...

HRW calls on Turkey to release jailed critics, respect election results

The prolonged and arbitrary detention of journalists, human rights defenders and politicians blights Turkey’s claims of being a country that respects human rights and the rule of...

Turkey set to lift access ban on Wikipedia after 32 months

The Turkish Constitutional Court on Wednesday issued a detailed version of its December ruling that a 32-month block on access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia in Turkey...

Turkish court releases Assyrian priest pending trial

A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to release pending trial Sefer (Aho) Bileçen, an Assyrian priest who was arrested on Friday, the Independent Turkish service reported. The court in...

İstanbul mayor defends spouse’s attendance at jailed Kurdish leader’s play

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Tuesday reacted to criticism directed at his wife over her attendance at a play written by jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, the...

Mother of jailed ex-military cadet to launch ‘justice march’

Melek Çetinkaya, the mother of a former military cadet who has been sentenced to life in prison for his alleged role in a 2016 failed coup...

Islamist leader says Erdoğan’s party luring opposition mayors with budget allocations

Turkey’s Islamist opposition party leader has said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party has been trying to lure opposition mayors to join their ranks by offering to...

Turkey holds world record with 125,000 official cars

Turkey has the highest number of official cars compared to other countries around the world, according to a report drafted by a journalist. Semra Topçu, who authored...

Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens to teach Libya’s Gen. Haftar a lesson

Turkey will not refrain from “teaching a lesson” to Gen. Khalifa Haftar if his eastern Libyan forces continue attacks against the country’s internationally recognized government, President...

Turkey’s industrial production grew 5.1 percent in November: report

Turkish industrial production picked up pace in November, growing 5.1 percent year-on-year in a third consecutive month of expansion, official data showed on Tuesday, as the...

Libyan rivals leave Moscow without ceasefire agreement: report

Libya’s rival leaders have left Moscow without reaching agreement on a ceasefire deal, with Russia trying to downplay the talks’ failure on Tuesday, according to The...

Top spies from Turkey, Syria meet officially for first time in years: report

The Turkish and Syrian heads of intelligence met in Moscow on Monday, in the first official contact in years despite Ankara’s longstanding hostility to President Bashar...

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