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Turkish police briefly detain 33 in protest to support women’s rights accord

Turkish police on Wednesday briefly detained 33 women protesting against the possibility of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party pulling Turkey out of an...

Turkey detains ISIL suspect allegedly planning attack on police station: report

Turkish police have detained a suspected Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant who was allegedly planning to attack a police station,...

Turkey delays reopening schools after spike in new COVID-19 cases

Turkish schools will start to reopen on Sept. 21 in a gradual transition back to in-person education, Education Minister Ziya Selçuk said on Wednesday,...

Turkey registers 1,212 new COVID cases, 18 more deaths

Turkey announced 1,212 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, 29 more than yesterday, bringing the total number of cases to 244,392, according to a chart...

Erdoğan’s job approval rating falls to 50.6 percent in July

The public approval rating of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan fell to 50.6 percent in July, continuing on its downward trajectory since the outbreak...

Nationalist opposition leader turns down Erdoğan’s call to join AKP-MHP alliance

İyi (Good) Party Chair Meral Akşener has turned down a proposal by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to join the Public Alliance (Cumhur İttifakı), formed...

Negligent restoration of historic Galata Tower sparks controversy

Video footage circulating on Turkish social media on Thursday showing the destruction of the inner walls of the medieval Galata Tower in İstanbul has...

Hagia Sophia prayers spark new coronavirus cases in Turkey, doctors claim

Prayers at Hagia Sophia sparked new coronavirus cases in Turkey as preventive measures were not strictly followed during the congregational worship, according to health...

Turkey looking at stricter measures as new COVID cases remain high: report

Turkish authorities are weighing a return to stricter coronavirus measures by mid-September if the current trend continues, with more than 1,000 new cases of...

Dismissed academic, symbol of resistance, again arrested by Turkish court

Nuriye Gülmen, who became a symbol of resistance against the Turkish government’s authoritarian practices after going on a hunger strike for nearly a year,...

Ruling party executive claims majority support for Erdoğan intact

Mahir Ünal, the deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling party, said Tuesday that public surveys have shown consolidated majority support for both President Recep Tayyip...

Turkey’s new COVID cases remain above 1,000, death toll reaches 5,873

Turkey announced 1,183 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, 11 more than yesterday, bringing the total number of cases to 243,180, according to a chart...

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