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Turkey launches first armed unmanned surface vessel

Cevheri Güven Faced with the risk of losing the upper hand in the Aegean to neighboring Greece, Turkey is investing in its marine capabilities and...

Enforced disappearances in Turkey: an old habit or a new trend?

Turkey has a long history of state-sponsored abductions and enforced disappearances, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s. At the beginning of this century, this grim...

Opposition MP to file complaint over hate speech targeting Armenians in street interview

An opposition lawmaker has announced that he will file a complaint against a woman who said in a street interview conducted in Turkey that...

Women as spacefarers: Turkey’s Erdoğan has doubts about it

Remarks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressing doubt about women’s competence as spacefarers when unveiling the country’s national space program on Feb. 9...

Sex crime convictions increased 10-fold in Turkey in 10 years: TurkStat

The number of people convicted of sex crimes in Turkey saw a sharp increase from 562 in 2009 to 5,800 in 2019, a 10-fold...

Euronews denies immediate closure of its Turkish service

Euronews, a television network broadcasting in 12 languages, on Thursday, disputed a report by Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency claiming the Lyon-based company was...

2013 corruption probes could be revisited one day, Babacan says

Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) leader Ali Babacan on Thursday said the December 2013 graft probes that implicated high-level government officials could be revisited...

Turkish police conduct raids to detain 48 over ByLock use

Turkish police on Friday morning conducted raids on dozens of locations in an effort to detain 48 people due to their alleged use of...

Turkish couple in financial straits commits suicide, leaving behind infant

Elvan and Ender Demir, a married couple in their 20s, have committed suicide in the Zeytinburnu district of İstanbul due to financial problems, leaving...

Turkish Parliament speaker rejects request for inquiry into torture allegations

Speaker of the Turkish Parliament Mustafa Şentop returned a letter to human rights activist and lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, claiming that it contained “vulgar...

Social media platforms pose threat to Turkey’s sovereignty: AKP spokesman

Spokesman for Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Ömer Çelik called social media companies the source of digital fascism and digital dictatorship, saying...

Turkish security forces killed 5, injured 10 in SE Turkey in 2020: rights group

Turkey's Human Rights Association (İHD) on Thursday published a report on rights violations in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey in 2020, saying that security forces killed...

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