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Over a dozen journalists leave Cumhuriyet daily after ultranationalist takeover

Following an ultranationalist-Kemalist takeover of Turkey's critical Cumhuriyet daily and the dismissal of Editor-in-Chief Murat Sabuncu, more than a dozen journalists including famous cartoonist...

Cumhuriyet removes farewell article by former editor-in-chief, signaling editorial change

Turkey’s Cumhuriyet daily, critical of the government and shaken by changes in its executive board, has removed a farewell article by former editor-in-chief Murat...

Director given 6-year jail sentence for movie portraying near execution of Erdoğan

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of six years, three months to a filmmaker on charges of membership in a terrorist...

İstanbul residents will get transportation credits if they recycle: mayor

Residents of İstanbul will now be able to get credits towards free transportation in exchange for empty cans and plastic bottles, the state-owned Anadolu...

Turkish police detain 12 suspected of Gülen links as part of post-coup crackdown

Turkish police detained 12 people on Friday in Kayseri and Tokat provinces as part of the government’s post-coup witch hunt targeting alleged members of...

Former HDP chairman sentenced to almost 5 years in prison

A Turkish court on Friday sentenced former Peoples’ Democratic Party leader Selahattin Demirtaş to four years, eight months in prison on charges of disseminating...

Erdoğan at Tehran summit: Turkey at full capacity with refugees

Turkey has reached its capacity in taking in refugees, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday, signaling Ankara’s reluctance to admit more migrants in...

EP members call on Moldovan government to stop deportation of Turkish teachers

European Parliament (EP) members have called on the Moldovan government to respect the rule of law and stop the deportation of seven Turkish teachers...

Evrensel editor-in-chief to pay TL 10,000 fine due to a 2012 report

Fatih Polat, the editor-in-chief of Turkey’s leftist Evrensel daily, will pay a fine of TL 10,000 (around $1,500) for revealing the identity of a...

[UPDATE] France reverses decision, grants entry to Turkish woman, children

A Turkish woman with her three children who applied for asylum in France immediately upon arrival in the airport 12 days ago was allowed...

Now-closed Zaman columnist Ünal kept in jail by Turkish court

A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak on Wednesday refused to release Ali Ünal, a theologian and former columnist for...

Turkish journalist Sağındık moved from jail to house arrest

An Istanbul court on Wednesday released investigative Turkish journalist Uğur Sağındık, who has been pre-trial detention since April 27, 2018, into house arrest, the...

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