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‘Don’t say big things,’ judge tells professor who says, ‘Long live justice!’

The judge of a high criminal court in Turkey has told an academic who was on trial for signing a peace declaration not to...

Opposition deputy claims Erdoğan’s son may be appointed as İstanbul mayor

Özgür Özel, a deputy from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s son Bilal Erdoğan could...

HDP deputy: 162 inmates join hunger strike in Turkey

One hundred sixty-two prisoners across Turkey have joined a hunger strike in a show of solidarity with an imprisoned opposition legislator who has been...

İstanbul grants permit to build first Orthodox church in city since 1923

The mayor of İstanbul’s Bakırköy district on Wednesday issued a building permit to the leaders of a Christian minority in the city for a...

NGO: Very few female candidates nominated in local Turkish elections

Turkey’s Equality, Justice and Women’s Platform, a nongovernmental organization, said on Wednesday that political parties have nominated very few women for mayoral posts in...

Erdoğan blames capitalism for destruction of nature in Turkey

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday directed attention to the increasing destruction of the country’s abundant natural areas by people seeking to make...

Turkish gendarmerie commander detained in narcotics operation

A commander of Turkey’s gendarmerie has been detained and 400 kilograms of narcotics were seized in a police operation in the western province of...

Turkey’s main opposition to launch fund to raise money for damage verdicts against chairman

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has decided to establish a fund to pay for damages that Chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is has been...

Academic gets suspended sentence for signing peace petition

Turkish academic and columnist for the Evrensel daily Esra Arsan on Wednesday was handed down a suspended one year, three-month sentence on charges of...

Erdoğan claims reforms under his rule made Turkey’s media more democratic and free

Head of the country designated as the largest jailer of professional journalist in the world, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed in a message...

34 military members sought by Turkish prosecutor over Gülen links

The Kayseri Chief Public Prosecutor’s office on Wednesday issued detention warrants for 34 military members as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of...

Turkey is ‘only friend’ of Kurdish people, AKP spokesman says

Turkey has been the "only friend" of the Kurdish people, the spokesman for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on Tuesday, the...

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