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Turkey’s Maarif Foundation took over 216 Gülen-linked schools in 44 countries, chairman says

Birol Akgün, chairman of Turkey’s Maarif Foundation, on Monday said during an online meeting that they have taken over 216 schools affiliated with the...

UN rights office calls on Turkey to reverse decision on domestic violence treaty

The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday called on Turkey to reverse its decision to withdraw from an international treaty aimed at combating...

By withdrawing from İstanbul Convention, Erdoğan makes good on his promise to Islamists

Cevheri Güven President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decree announcing Turkey’s withdrawal from the İstanbul Convention, an international treaty to combat violence against women, was released soon...

German university refuses to comment on guest theologian’s anti-Semitic remarks

Cevheri Güven The University of Münster has responded to Turkish Minute’s inquiry about its invitation to Professor Mustafa Öztürk, who in Turkey had made headlines...

Ownership of İstanbul’s iconic Gezi Park transferred to pro-gov’t foundation

The ownership of Gezi Park, one of the only green spaces in İstanbul’s center, which was the focal point of mass protests in 2013,...

Turkish nationalist fantasies and ‘enlarged Turkey maps’

Alin Ozinian Misvak, the most popular ultra-Islamist humor magazine in Turkey, published a map of an enlarged Turkey last week with a comment that reads,...

Uproar erupts as Turkey’s Erdoğan quits key treaty combating violence against women

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan early on Saturday issued a presidential decree pulling Turkey out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and...

Turkey sacks central bank governor after interest rate hike

Turkey fired the governor of its central bank and replaced him with economist and former ruling party lawmaker Şahap Kavcıoğlu, according to a presidential...

Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence

Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world's first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential decree, in the latest...

Turkey faces sharp rise in brain drain, 10K millionaires emigrated in last 3 years

In the past three years, a total of 23,000 entrepreneurs and businesspeople in Turkey, including 10,000 millionaires, have joined the ever-growing number of people...

Why now? The timing of the closure case against the HDP

Cevheri Güven For the last two years, the shutdown of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has been anticipated. The question was when President Recep Tayyip...

Former President Gül criticizes move to ban HDP, expulsion of MP from parliament

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül on Thursday criticized a recent move by a prosecutor asking the Constitutional Court to shut down the pro-Kurdish Peoples'...

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