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3 suspects in killing of 16 stray dogs in Ankara released pending trial

Three people suspected of poisoning 16 stray dogs in Ankara were released pending trial on Thursday, Sputnik Turkish service reported. The prosecutor objected to the ruling,...

Erdoğan’s targeting of journalist goes unnoticed: ‘Public got used to it’ former editor says

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan once again targeted a journalist in a public appearance, but it almost went unnoticed, and according to the journalist...

[ANALYSIS] What really happened in Turkey’s local elections – in numbers

Twenty-five years ago two young Islamist party candidates defied all odds and became the mayors-elect of Turkey’s two largest cities, İstanbul and Ankara. The success of...

Kurdish artist, journalist granted Index on Censorship’s arts award

The London-based Index on Censorship, a campaigning publishing organization for freedom of expression, has given this year’s Freedom of Expression Arts Award to Kurdish painter and journalist...

[OPINION] Ardern and Erdoğan: The difference between greatness and partisanship

Ekrem Dumanlı Politics is like a ladder that consists of four steps. On every step, a politician should pause and mature. If a politician who climbed all the...

95 pct of media outlet mobile notifications promoted Erdoğan government: report

A study of smartphone notifications from Turkey’s most popular mobile news applications has revealed that 95.5 percent of these notifications were in favor of the ruling...

1,800 academics support colleagues dismissed and punished in Turkey over peace petition

A total of 1,800 academics around the world have urged the cutting of ties with institutions in Turkey that dismissed academics for signing a petition in...

Pro-gov’t media accuse comedy show of attempting perception management

Two pro-government media outlets in Turkey, the Sabah newspaper and A Haber TV station, have accused the producers of a famous comedy show of attempting perception...

Jailed journalist Ünal says indictment has lost validity as prosecutor suspended

Mustafa Ünal (51), a jailed veteran journalist and former Ankara bureau chief for the now-closed Zaman daily, has said since the prosecutor who indicted...

Turkish president wanted to meet me in private, claims high-ranking ISIS militant

Abu Mansour al Maghrebi, a high-ranking militant of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group, claimed that Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip...

Self-declared religiously conservative youths on the decline in Turkey, poll finds

According to leading polling company KONDA, the number of 15 to 29-year-olds in Turkey who define themselves as religiously conservative has decreased from 28...

[OPINION] Who is behind Erdoğan?

Mehmet Efe Çaman When the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, some soldiers in the Turkish military thought Ankara...

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