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Erdoğan claims his party founded university established in 1974

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is also the leader of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has claimed that there was no...

Court clerk detained for seeking bribes to remove people from ‘Gülenist’ lists

A court clerk in Turkey’s southeastern Batman province has been detained after it was discovered that he had asked several public servants for bribes...

Turkish singer released from prison due to time served for terrorism conviction

Famous Turkish singer and columnist Atilla Taş on Friday was released due to time already served after a court in Kocaeli province accepted an...

London investigators say Kurdish human rights lawyer killed by police bullet

London-based Forensic Architecture, a multidisciplinary research group that uses architectural techniques and technologies to investigate cases of state violence and violations of human rights...

‘Do you know how much a bullet costs?’ Erdoğan says in response to high food prices

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at a campaign event on Friday reacted to grievances about increasing food prices by pointing out the high cost...

Pro-Erdoğan mafia leader tells prosecutor he stands behind call to take up arms

Sedat Peker, a convicted crime boss who is a devoted supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, told a prosecutor on Friday that he...

Right-wing leader calls for deportation of Armenian workers in Turkey

Leader of the right-wing Grand Unity Party (BBP) Mustafa Destici has called for the deportation of around 100,000 Armenian workers who he said are...

Yeni Asya journalist, cartoonist to be tried on terrorism charges

Kazım Güleçyüz, the editor-in-chief of the critical Yeni Asya daily, and the paper’s cartoonist, İbrahim Özdabak, will stand trial on terrorism charges due to...

Kurdish politicians detained after being slammed by interior minister

Turkey has detained 13 people including members of Kurdish political parties the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) in the southeastern...

Former deputy, journalist receives suspended sentence over story on minister

Former deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and former journalist Barış Yarkadaş on Thursday received to 10-month suspended sentence over a...

Ruling party candidate for mayor: President Erdoğan hates wasting public money

Mehmet Özhaseki, the Ankara mayoral candidate for the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP), claimed on Thursday that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hates to...

ECtHR rejects Cizre curfew victims’ application since domestic remedies not exhausted

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has declined to consider a complaint regarding curfew incidents in Cizre in which 137 people were killed...

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