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State-run bank agrees to pay quake aid to purge victim after outrage

Turkey’s state-run Vakıfbank, which had blocked assistance to the victim of a recent earthquake on the grounds that she was fired in a purge...

41 gendarmerie officers detained over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Friday detained 41 gendarmerie officers who had previously been suspended or expelled over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, accused...

Turkey urges US to return to Iran nuclear accord

Turkey on Friday urged the United States to return to the Iran nuclear agreement and lift sanctions on the Islamic Republic, clearing the way...

Turkey ranks 74th on COVID performance index among 98 countries

Turkey is ranked 74th among 98 countries in a COVID Performance Index, published on Thursday by the Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank, which...

Turkey’s Wealth Fund debt increased by 81 percent in 2019

Debt accumulated by the Turkey Wealth Fund (TVF) to the banking system increased from TL 75.4 billion ($10.2 billion) in 2018 to TL 136.4...

Erdoğan will withdraw Turkey from İstanbul Convention, opposition politician claims

A politician from Turkey’s right-wing Felicity Party (SP) has claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will withdraw Turkey from the İstanbul Convention, a...

Turkish court releases rights activist after 5 months behind bars

Acun Karadağ, a rights activist and teacher who was fired following a failed coup in Turkey in July 2016, was released from prison on...

Turkey tops list of CoE countries with most freedom of expression violations in 2020

Turkey ranks first among the 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states in the number of judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...

Ailing inmate says can’t access healthcare, confined to filthy quarantine cell

Miktad Doğan, 30, an inmate in pretrial detention suffering from a serious liver disease, said he was belatedly taken to the hospital and made...

Purged academic’s appeal rejected by OHAL Commission based on nonexistent document

Academic and journalist Mehmet Altan’s appeal for reinstatement to his job at Istanbul University was rejected by a commission reviewing decisions taken by the...

Amid Turkey’s economic woes, video of father who can afford cooking oil goes viral

Cevheri Güven Sunflower seed oil, a regular item in most Turkish kitchens, has seen a price surge of 40 percent over the past few months....

Qatar’s QTerminals finalizes purchase of Turkish port operator

Port Akdeniz, which owns and operates Port Akdeniz-Antalya, has been sold to Qatari-based QTerminals for $140 million, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. Port Akdeniz was...

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