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Uproar erupts as Turkey’s Erdoğan quits key treaty combating violence against women

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan early on Saturday issued a presidential decree pulling Turkey out of the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and...

Turkey sacks central bank governor after interest rate hike

Turkey fired the governor of its central bank and replaced him with economist and former ruling party lawmaker Şahap Kavcıoğlu, according to a presidential...

Turkey pulls out of landmark treaty protecting women from violence

Turkey on Saturday pulled out of the world's first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women by presidential decree, in the latest...

Turkey faces sharp rise in brain drain, 10K millionaires emigrated in last 3 years

In the past three years, a total of 23,000 entrepreneurs and businesspeople in Turkey, including 10,000 millionaires, have joined the ever-growing number of people...

Why now? The timing of the closure case against the HDP

Cevheri Güven For the last two years, the shutdown of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) has been anticipated. The question was when President Recep Tayyip...

Expelled pro-Kurdish MP‘s ‘justice watch’ at parliament in third day

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a former MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) who was stripped of his parliamentary status on Wednesday and has...

İstanbul mayor slams HDP closure case, deputy’s expulsion in call to party chair

İstanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu criticized the launch of a closure case against the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the expulsion of one of...

Twitter appointing representative to Turkey in line with controversial law: pro-gov’t daily

Popular social media giant Twitter will appoint a representative to Turkey in line with a controversial social media law after the company and others...

HDP equated with outlawed PKK in indictment seeking to shut down party

A top Turkish prosecutor said there was no difference between the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), the third-largest group in parliament, and the outlawed...

Turkey accuses Greece of leaving handcuffed migrants at sea

Turkish officials on Friday accused Greek coast guards of handcuffing seven migrants and throwing them into the Aegean Sea without life jackets, resulting in...

Erdoğan chastises Biden for ‘killer’ Putin comment

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday waded into the war of words between the US and Russian presidents, chastising Joe Biden for calling Vladimir...

Rockets fired from Syria land in Turkey, no casualties: ministry

Rockets fired from regime-controlled areas in Syria landed in a border region of southern Turkey but caused no injuries or damage, the Turkish defense...

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