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İstanbul court acquits all defendants including Kavala in Gezi Park trial

A Turkish court acquitted leading businessman and rights defender Osman Kavala on Tuesday in a highly controversial trial over the anti-government Gezi Park protests of 2013,...

Deputy from nationalist opposition party resigns due to ‘Soros-linked’ executives

İsmail Ok, a lawmaker from the İYİ (Good) Party, has resigned from the party, accusing management of allowing politicians with ties to George Soros, a Hungarian-American...

[UPDATE] Appeals court overturns decision to lift travel ban on mother of cancer patient

A Turkish appeals court on Tuesday overturned a decision to revoke a travel restriction on the passport of Zekiye Ataç, the mother of an 8-year-old cancer...

Turkish novelist in self-imposed exile not to return home despite acquittal: report

Prominent Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who now lives in self-imposed exile, has said she would not return home to Turkey despite her acquittal last week of...

Reporter faces probe over story on minister buying land near Kanal İstanbul route

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a reporter from the Cumhuriyet daily due to a report she wrote last month about Turkish Finance Minister Berat...

Elderly mother of Kurdish politician injured during police raid on home

The 90-year-old mother of a Kurdish mayor who was removed from office on terrorism charges has sustained injuries in a police raid on their home in...

2 million Turks applied for unemployment benefits in 2019

A total of 1,955,000 people in Turkey applied for unemployment benefits in 2019, according to data from the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR), the Cumhuriyet daily reported....

Kurdish politician acquitted of terrorism charges that led to his removal from office

Prominent Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk, who was ousted from his position as co-mayor of the Mardin Municipality in southeastern Turkey in August 2019, has been acquitted of...

Erdoğan aide faces probe due to alleged role in release of drug lord from jail

The chief public prosecutor’s office in İstanbul has launched an investigation into Burhan Kuzu, a chief advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, due to his...

Turkish court acquits renowned novelist Erdoğan of terror charges

A Turkish court on Friday acquitted renowned novelist Aslı Erdoğan on charges of membership in an armed terrorist organization in a case that sparked international condemnation,...

Another Turkish citizen tries to set himself on fire due to financial difficulties

Opposition deputy Ali Mahir Başarır has claimed that a man tried to set himself on fire at the entrance of the Turkish Parliament on Thursday morning,...

Court imposes access ban on satirical magazine’s cartoon about Minister Albayrak

An İstanbul court has imposed an access ban on the online version of a cartoon published by the satirical magazine Leman on its cover on Jan....

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