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Turkey reports lowest number of deaths from coronavirus since late March

Turkey on Friday recorded the lowest number of deaths from the coronavirus since late March, with 18, bringing the toll to 4,648, according to...

Average age of COVID-19 deaths past month is 74.6, Turkey’s health minister says

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that the age average of people who have died of COVID-19 over the past month is 74.6,...

Turkey to grant ‘neighborhood watchmen’ police-like powers

The Turkish parliament has started reviewing a bill granting “neighborhood watchmen” new powers such as conducting ID checks and body scans and intervening in...

Turkey orders detention of 68 people over Gülen links: report

Turkish prosecutors on Friday ordered the detention of 68 people as part of a large-scale crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused...

Turkey’s elderly unhappy with ongoing age-based curfew: report

Turkey’s elderly population has grown frustrated with the continuing COVID-19 restrictions for people above the age of 65, feeling that they have been left...

Erdoğan requests study on converting Hagia Sophia to mosque: report

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked his aides to conduct a comprehensive study on how to convert İstanbul's famous Hagia Sophia landmark, currently...

[UPDATE] Erdoğan backtracks on weekend curfew after public backlash

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday backtracked on extending weekend lockdowns following a public backlash, but warned about a rise in the number...

[UPDATE] Deputies ousted from parliament arrested the same day

Three ex-deputies who were stripped of their parliamentary status by a majority vote on Thursday were arrested by courts later in the day, according...

Turkey records 988 new coronavirus cases, death toll stands at 4,630

Turkey registered 988 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the total number to 167,410, according to a chart posted on Twitter by Health Minister...

Jailed Kurdish politician’s letter to family censored by prison management

A letter sent by jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş to his family was censored by the prison management, according to his wife. “Face to face...

NGO report sheds light on Turkey’s enforced disappearances

Solidarity with OTHERS, a Brussels-based human rights group, on Tuesday released a report on allegations of enforced disappearance in Turkey since 2016. The report, titled...

Turkey’s legislature strips 3 opposition deputies of parliamentary status: report

Turkey’s parliament stripped two pro-Kurdish lawmakers and one MP from the main opposition party of their parliamentary status on Thursday after convictions against them...

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