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Erdoğan vows to press ahead with controversial canal project despite opposition

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has promised to press ahead with the controversial Kanal İstanbul, a proposed artificial waterway in İstanbul, despite opposition from...

Le Monde: 3 women who pose a challenge to Erdoğan’s ‘patriarchal model’

Canan Kaftancıoğlu, Şebnem Korur Fincancı and Meral Akşener, three of the most powerful women in Turkey, have been described by French daily Le Monde...

Defense minister says Turkey to use S-400s independent of NATO defense systems

Despite ongoing calls from the United States and its NATO allies urging Turkey not to use a Russian missile defense system, Turkish Defense Minister...

7 students face up to 3 years in prison over Boğaziçi protests

Turkish prosecutors are seeking up to three years in prison for seven students over a poster depicting Islam's holiest site with LGBT imagery, Agence...

Journalist Dündar calls attention to Turkey’s political prisoners via replica of prison cell in Berlin

Journalist Can Dündar, former editor-in-chief of Turkey’s critical Cumhuriyet daily who lives in exile in Berlin, has made a bid to attract public attention...

Turkish gov’t to create its ‘truth ministry’ amid rising censorship

The Communications Directorate of the Turkish Presidency has announced that Turkey will create its own fact-checking mechanism to “fight against lies and false facts on...

Daughter of abducted former bureaucrat asks Erdoğan to help find her father

Nursena Küçüközyiğit, whose father Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit is suspected to be the latest victim of enforced disappearance, called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Erdoğan laying the groundwork for bringing back long-missing son-in-law

Cevheri Güven President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has begun testing the waters to reintroduce to prominence his son-in-law Berat Albayrak, who stepped down as finance minister...

Speculation over possible Albayrak return sends lira tumbling

Turkey's lira tumbled on Thursday after a rally triggered by a shakeup of the economy team in November as the government again defended the...

Colleagues, MPs demand freedom for jailed journalist Baransu in short documentary

Opposition politicians and journalists are seen defending the rights of journalist Mehmet Baransu, who has been behind bars since March 2015 due to his...

Turkish health minister ‘sorry’ for disregard of COVID-19 measures at crowded funeral

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has apologized for the violation of coronavirus restrictions at a crowded funeral ceremony he recently attended, along with many...

More than 800 Boğaziçi protestors subjected to ill-treatment by police: report

At least 800 people demonstrating against the appointment of a pro-government rector to İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University were subjected to ill-treatment by police officers...

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