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Turkish court frees abused woman who killed husband

A Turkish woman who shot and killed her husband after years of violent abuse has been freed by a court that ruled that she...

More than 13,000 underage marriages took place in Turkey last year: report

A total of 13,740 underage marriages took place in Turkey in 2020, according to a report published by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on Friday, the...

Jailed journalist Ahmet Böken contracts COVID-19 in prison

Ali Ahmet Böken, 49, a veteran Turkish journalist and prominent broadcaster who has been in prison over alleged links to the Gülen movement since...

Opposition MP proposes Turkish parliament declare massacre of Armenians a genocide

Garo Paylan, an Armenian lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on Saturday submitted a motion asking the Turkish parliament to declare the...

UN working group prioritizes case of doctoral student jailed in Turkey

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions (WGAD) accepted as “urgent” a petition from Cihan Erdal, 32, a doctoral student at Canada’s Carleton...

MEPs recommend suspending EU talks if negative trend is not reversed in Turkey

Members of the European Parliament in a report adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) on Thursday called on the European Commission to...

Turkey to begin producing Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Turkey will begin producing Sputnik V, Russia's vaccine against COVID-19, in the coming months, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced in a statement...

Turkey eyes tighter lockdown to save tourism season: report

Turkey’s cabinet will discuss imposing a tighter lockdown on Monday as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to prevent a second year of lost tourism...

Turkey registers 5 percent fall in military spending in 2020: SIPRI

There was a 5 percent drop in Turkey’s military expenditures last year, with its military spending falling to $17.7 billion in 2020 from $20.4...

Detention warrants issued for 532 active duty, former officers over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 459 active duty and 73 former military officers due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Turkey puts 108 Kurdish politicians on trial over deadly 2014 protests

Turkey on Monday put 108 Kurdish politicians on trial for their alleged roles in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as militants from the Islamic...

Turkish diplomats profiled Erdoğan critics in Turkmenistan

Turkish diplomatic mission in Turkmenistan engaged in a campaign of intelligence gathering and collected information on the activities of critics of Turkish President Recep...

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