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US human rights report slams Turkey over restrictions on freedoms, politicized judiciary

The US State Department's annual human rights report on Wednesday strongly criticized Turkish government’s growing pressure on the media and its interference with freedom...

Two opposition parties voice support for AK Party proposal on lifting deputies’ immunities

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have lent support to a proposal recently filed by the...

Student donations for sacrificial animals treated as criminal activity in Zonguldak

Tax inspectors who examined the accounts of five private educational institutions in the Black Sea province of Zonguldak whose management has recently been taken...

European Parliament adopts Turkey report deploring serious backsliding on democracy

The European Parliament has adopted an annual progress report on Turkey which strongly criticized the deteriorating situation of democracy and fundamental rights in the...

‘Deep down, Gollum is a good character’, expert says in Erdoğan insult case

A Turkish expert has concluded that Gollum, a fictional character likened to the easily-offended Turkish president, is a "good, peace-loving, loyal and positive character"...

80,000 unsubscribed from Digiturk after its removal of critical channels

Digiturk TV cable network lost 80,000 of its subscribers in the last quarter of 2015 after it removed seven TV channels, that were thought...

Trustees appointed to five more companies in Zonguldak

A court in the western province of Bartın on Wednesday decided to appoint trustees to five more companies in the Black Sea province of...

Missing German woman found dead in western Turkey after a month

The dead body of a German woman who had been missing for more than a month after she came to İstanbul was found buried...

EP Turkey report slams media takeovers, calls for restoration of managements

An annual progress report on Turkey that will be voted on by the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday calls on Turkish authorities to remove...

Erdoğan files criminal complaint against opposition leader on insult charges

The leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has joined the hundreds of people against whom President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a...

ISIL has sleeper cells across Turkey’s 70 provinces, police notice reveals

A notice sent by the police chief of the eastern province of Kars last October to the police units in the province warned that...

LDP invites attorney Bharara to Turkey for conference on judiciary, free speech

Liberal Democrat Party (LDP) has invited US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara to Turkey to give a talk at...

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