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Turkey blocks access to Russian state news agency Sputnik’s website

In the latest example of ongoing crackdown on the freedom of the press in Turkey, Turkish authorities on Thursday blocked access to website of...

HRW calls on Turkey to open borders to Syrians fleeing ISIL

US-based rights group, the Human Rights Watch (HRW), has called on Turkey to stop shooting at Syrian civilians fleeing fighting and immediately allow them...

Radiators installed over priceless tiles at historical mosque in İstanbul

Radiators have been installed over blue ceramic tiles adorning the interior walls of a 16th century mosque in İstanbul in a development that has...

AI launches signature campaign demanding release of jailed academics

Prominent human rights group Amnesty International (AI) has launched a signature campaign calling for the release of four academics who are currently in pre-trial...

US human rights report slams Turkey over restrictions on freedoms, politicized judiciary

The US State Department's annual human rights report on Wednesday strongly criticized Turkish government’s growing pressure on the media and its interference with freedom...

Turkey rejects EP report, declares it ‘null and void’

Turkey said on Thursday that it rejects a European Parliament report which accused Ankara of "backsliding" on democracy with recent regression on fundemental rights...

Erdoğan thanks Egypt as OIC term presidency handed over to Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan thanked Egypt for Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) presidency as the rotating term presidency was handed over to Turkey...

One million people applied for unemployment benefits in 2015, minister says

As many as 1.086 million people in Turkey who lost their jobs applied to  Turkish Employment Organization (İŞKUR) in 2015 in order to receive...

Two opposition parties voice support for AK Party proposal on lifting deputies’ immunities

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have lent support to a proposal recently filed by the...

Putin says Turkey is a friend, but has trouble with some politicians

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he sees Turkey as a friendly nation, but has some trouble with its politicians. Putin, who was speaking in...

Student donations for sacrificial animals treated as criminal activity in Zonguldak

Tax inspectors who examined the accounts of five private educational institutions in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak whose management has recently been taken...

European Parliament adopts Turkey report deploring serious backsliding on democracy

The European Parliament has adopted an annual progress report on Turkey which strongly criticized the deteriorating situation of democracy and fundamental rights in the...

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