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Independent deputy faces investigation due to remarks in support of Boğaziçi protests

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into independent deputy and prominent journalist Ahmet Şık over his remarks supporting weeks-long protests in Turkey against the...

Lymphoma patient arrested over Gülen links

Veysel Alıcı, 41, who is battling lymphoma, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center for...

Uyghurs continue their protest in Ankara amid accusations of systematic rape in Xinjiang camps

Uyghurs living in Turkey are continuing their protest outside the Chinese Embassy in Ankara, demanding information on family members held at internment camps in...

Freedom House report shows extent of Turkey’s transnational repression policy

A report by Freedom House on global transnational repression published today reveals the intensity, geographic reach and suddenness of the Turkish government’s campaign targeting...

Are S-400s part of Erdoğan’s nuclear ambitions?

Cevheri Güven Several reports in the international media claimed that Turkey was in high-level talks with Pakistan for possible acquisition of nuclear weapons and that...

2 HDP members allegedly kidnapped by police using ‘JİTEM methods’ in Ankara

Two women who were allegedly kidnapped in broad daylight in Ankara by Turkish police told the Jin News website on Thursday that the latest...

Opposition leader fined due to criticism of military tank factory sale to Qatar

A Turkish court has ordered main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to pay President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan TL 100,000 ($14,000) in non-pecuniary damages due to...

Paralyzed man found ‘fit to remain in prison’ by forensic medicine council

The İstanbul Council of Forensic Medicine said a paralyzed inmate with several health problems was “fit to remain in prison,” despite acknowledging in its...

Turkish minister slams Twitter over flagging of colleague’s tweets

Turkish Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Adil Karaismailoğlu on Wednesday slammed Twitter over the platform's flagging of the interior minister's recent tweets targeting the...

Turkey sees sharp drop in population growth rate in 2020

Turkey's annual population growth rate decreased from 1.3 percent in 2019 to 0.5 percent in 2020, according to data released by the Turkish Statistics Institute...

Boğaziçi’s LGBTI+ student club suspended over Kaaba poster, illegal documents: rector

Melih Bulu, the new rector of İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University whose appointment a month ago by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sparked ongoing protests, has...

Turkish interior minister says US role in July 15 coup is ‘crystal clear’

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has claimed that the US administration was behind a coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016 which took...

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