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Baby accompanying mother in prison joins 700 other kids growing up behind bars

Selma Betül Urunga, a 2-year-old whose parents were jailed as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting Gülen movement followers, has been sent to Mersin Prison to...

11 elected neighborhood administrators removed from office on terrorism allegations

Eleven neighborhood administrators, or muhtars, who were elected in the March 31 local elections in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır have been removed from office on...

Former chief justice says election board’s İstanbul decision ‘confirmation of guilt’

Turkey’s former chief justice, Haşim Kılıç, has said the country’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has confirmed its guilt by nullifying the mayoral election in İstanbul, which...

CHP campaign manager warns against complacency, says things will be difficult

Ateş İlyas Başsoy, advertising and campaign manager for the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has criticized the overly “festive” mood among opposition circles and called for...

Turkish presidency prepares booklet explaining YSK decision to cancel İstanbul election results

The Turkish presidency has prepared a 6-page booklet explaining the Supreme Election Board’s (YSK) ruling to cancel the results of the March 31 İstanbul mayoral election,...

Teacher who pleaded with gov’t to spare children’s lives vindicated by top Turkish court

Turkey’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that the imprisonment of Kurdish teacher Ayşe Çelik, who during a TV program in 2016 called for an end to...

Turkey to build 43 prisons using funds from inmate labor

Turkey’s Ministry of Justice is poised to build 43 new prisons using funds provided by its department responsible for generating income through inmate labor, the Sözcü newspaper...

First poll after YSK decision indicates opposition’s İmamoğlu leads by 2 pct in İstanbul

A Turkish polling firm on Thursday announced that opposition alliance İstanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu is leading the polls by 2 percent over the ruling party’s...

AKP’s new campaign strategy for İstanbul re-run election targets 1.7 million non-voters

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has devised a new campaign strategy in advance of a mayoral election to be held again in İstanbul, according...

Turkey cancels press accreditation of 682 journalists in 4 months

The Turkish government cancelled 682 press cards between November and March, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Thursday. According to the report there were 15,423 permanent press card...

Incidents of gun violence in Turkey kill 3,000 people in 2 years: ministry

A total of 3,028 people were killed and 20,324 were injured in incidents of gun violence in Turkey between 2016 and 2018, according to the Interior...

90 percent of İstanbul voters cancelling vacation plans ahead of new election: official

İstanbul residents are canceling vacation plans in order to stay in the city and vote in a new mayoral election slated for June 23, a top...

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