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Turks’ ‘OK’ to Erdogan’s offer to step down tops Twitter worldwide trends

Following remarks by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday saying, “If our nation says ‘OK’ , then we will step aside,” T A...

Turkey’s public broadcaster under fire over lack of opposition election coverage

İsmail Saygılı, a concerned citizen, filed a criminal case on Tuesday against Turkey’s public broadcaster, TRT, over the lack of coverage of Republican People’s...

Prosecutor files new charges against 4 Zaman journalists

A prosecutor has filed new charges against four journalists who worked for the Zaman newspaper, which was seized on March 4, 2016 and then...

Erdoğan turns down invitation to debate opposition candidate on TV

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday accepted an offer for a visit by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce...

İYİ Party head of communications detained over Gülen links

Kerim Çoraklık, head of the communications team of the opposition İYİ (Good) Party, has been detained on charges of disseminating the propaganda of the...

587 detained in one week over alleged Gülen links

A total of 587 people have been detained in the past week due to alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Turkish Interior...

World champion racer to call it quits upon Erdoğan’s order

World Supersport Champion and Turkish national motorcyclist Kenan Sofuoğlu, 33, announced he was ending his career upon the order of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip...

Akşener pledges to restructure debts of 4.5 million Turkish citizens

İYİ (Good) Party leader and presidential candidate Meral Akşener on Monday introduced her party’s economic program, including a project called the “Turkey Solidarity Fund,”...

Secret witness claims US pastor Brunson aided terrorist PKK in Turkey

A secret witness testifying against American pastor Andrew Brunson has claimed that Brunson helped militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and aimed to create...

Political, bureaucratic pressure might have led to Silivri police chief’s suicide

A police chief for İstanbul’s Silivri district who committed suicide in July 2017 might have taken his own life because he was subjected to...

23 detained in operation targeting members of anti-gov’t Furkan Foundation

Turkish police teams on Monday carried out operations against members of the Furkan Foundation, which is critical of the Turkish government, and detained 23...

İnce promises to repeal article criminalizing insult to president

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Muharrem İnce, who has been nominated by his party as a presidential candidate for the June 24 presidential election,...

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