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Turkey looking for who to blame for disastrous hostage operation

Cevheri Güven Last week’s botched rescue mission by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) in northern Iraq that resulted in the death of all 13 hostages...

Erdoğan defiant as opposition puts blame on him for failed operation in Iraq

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remained defiant on Wednesday in the wake of statements from opposition parties holding him responsible for the killing of...

Pro-gov’t discourse dominates Turkish media landscape: report

An overwhelming majority of Turkish media outlets give little to no screen time to opposition pundits while allocating the lion's share to a handful...

Erdoğan speech on language decline ironically turns out to be identical to ex-PM’s

A recent speech delivered by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in which he said the Turkish language faces the threat of decline mainly due to...

İstanbul saw 66.4 percent drop in tourist arrivals in 2020 due to pandemic

İstanbul recorded a decline of 66.4 percent in tourist arrivals in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, with only 5 million foreign tourists visiting...

Fighting fears of vaccines high up in Turkey’s mountains

Turkish doctor Sergan Saraçoğlu faces the twin hurdles of a snowstorm in the mountains and local fears of vaccines as he chases after alarmed...

Renowned human rights activist gets fine on Erdoğan insult charges

Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a famous human rights activist and head of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), has been ordered by a Turkish court to...

2020 bidding wars among Turkey’s pro-gov’t firms led to regulatory agency complaints

Competition among companies known to be close to Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to win public tenders resulted in several complaints about...

Turkish police detain 30 in İstanbul due to alleged Gülen links

Turkish police teams on Wednesday detained 30 people in simultaneous raids in İstanbul in an operation targeting alleged members of the Gülen movement, accused...

Secret letter reveals how Turkey’s Justice Ministry asked prison administration to isolate former high court judges

Turkey’s Ministry of Justice asked the Keskin chief public prosecutor to take a series of measures to isolate and closely monitor the communications of...

Turkey detains Russian ISIL suspect at Syria border

Turkish border guards have detained five Russians, including a woman suspected of membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and...

Victims’ families outraged by Turkish gov’t failure to prevent killings in northern Iraq

The families of Turks who were killed in the Gara region of Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday as a result of an operation carried out...

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