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Kurdish man who questioned ‘transferred’ voters on election day indicted

A Kurdish man who questioned voters who were allegedly “transferred” to his city of residence in the southeastern province of Şırnak on the day...

Main opposition leader highlights plight of low-income Turks at meeting with finance minister

Yalçın Karatepe, deputy chair of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), pointed to the continued hardship endured by low-income people in the country...

Turkey detains 16 people who stormed Burger King, Starbucks in protest against Israel

Turkish police detained individuals who attacked Burger King and Starbucks outlets in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakır province on Saturday while shouting anti-Israel slogans, according to...

German man released from prison in Turkey after serving 6 years on terror charges

Patrick Kraicker, a 35-year-old German citizen, has been released from a prison near Ankara after serving more than six years on a terrorism-related conviction,...

PEN Int’l calls on Turkey to drop charges against sociologist in exile

PEN International has said Turkish authorities should drop all charges against prominent sociologist and PEN Turkey member Pınar Selek over a deadly 1998 explosion...

Locals protest against Turkish island’s ‘monstrobuses’

İbrahim Aycan has been waging all-out war against the electric minibuses newly introduced on the car-free island of Büyükada, which he says threaten his...

Turkey’s wildfire toll hits 15 as experts flag faulty wires

The death toll from a massive wildfire that ripped through Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast last week has risen to 15, hospital sources said on...

Court blocks access to news reports about Turkish judge dismissed over accusations of blackmail

A Turkish court has blocked access to news reports about Judge Gül A., who was dismissed following a number of allegations including threats, blackmail,...

Jailed vice chair of pro-Kurdish party writes letter of solidarity with Gaza

Imprisoned former vice chair of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has written a letter of solidarity with the people in Gaza, saying Israel...

Turkish court releases 6 May Day demonstrators from pre-trial detention

An İstanbul court on Friday decided to release six of the dozens of demonstrators who were put in pre-trial detention for attempting to defy...

Turks overwhelmingly support closing borders to refugees: Ipsos, UNHCR survey

An overwhelming majority of Turks, 77 percent, strongly support closing borders to refugees, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by Ipsos...

Top EU court rules refugee status prevents extradition of Kurdish man to Turkey

The European Union’s highest court ruled Tuesday that a Kurdish man with refugee status in Italy cannot be extradited from Germany to Turkey, where...

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