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Record-high turnout observed in Turkish voting overseas

A remarkable increase in the number of Turks going to the polls has been observed during voting conducted overseas for the May 14 elections...

Kurdish street musician stabbed to death in İstanbul for refusing to sing nationalist song

A Kurdish street musician was stabbed to death in İstanbul after he refused to sing the nationalist song “Ölürüm Türkiyem” (I Die for Turkey),”...

US voices ‘disappointment’ over Turkey’s closure of airspace to Armenian flights

The United States has voiced its disappointment over Turkey’s decision to close its airspace to Armenian flights due to the opening of a new...

UN special rapporteur calls on Turkey to drop charges against Saturday Mothers

Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, has called on Turkey to drop charges against 14 members of the Saturday Mothers,...

Jailed Kurdish leader endorses Kılıçdaroğlu’s presidential candidacy

Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has announced that he will vote for Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the main opposition leader and the presidential candidate of an...

Turkey’s Syrians root for Erdoğan in May vote

The Syrian refugee unhooked some laundry drying in the baking sun and made a wish for this month's Turkish election: "May Erdoğan win.” A mother...

Erdoğan again accuses his rival Kılıçdaroğlu, opposition parties of being pro-LGBT

Less than two weeks before elections, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has increased his accusations against the opposition, claiming once again that his rival...

Iraqi Kurds in the crossfire of Turkish army, PKK militants

Under an almond tree in his garden, Moustafa Ahmed shows a handful of bullet casings he collected near his home in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish...

Dozens of migrants rescued at Turkey border: Greek police

Greek police on Wednesday said 39 migrants, including several minors, had been rescued from an islet in Evros river bordering Turkey, Agence France-Presse reported. The...

Swedish parliament adopts tougher anti-terror law

Sweden's parliament on Wednesday passed new legislation to ban activities linked to extremist groups, as it beefs up its terror laws, a key demand...

Mother of 2 pushed back from Greece arrested on Gülen charges

A mother of two was arrested on Tuesday to serve a sentence on conviction of “terrorist organization membership” after being pushed back from Greece,...

Kılıçdaroğlu vows to end the appointment of trustees to municipalities in Kurdish-majority SE Turkey

Leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party and presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has promised to stop the practice of removing duly elected mayors...

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