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Turkish journalist gets 6 years for attending Kurdish political movement meetings

A journalist for the now-closed IMC TV has been given a prison sentence of six years, three months on terrorism charges for attending meetings...

İstanbul mayor reveals first AKP-era corruption documents, files 23 criminal complaints

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has revealed the first dossier concerning alleged corruption in the municipality during Justice and Development Party (AKP) rule and filed...

License granted to American businessman to hunt rare goats in Turkey revoked due to public outrage

A temporary hunting license granted by Turkish authorities to American businessman Bradley Garrett Van Hoose to hunt a mountain goat in the eastern province...

Pro-gov’t daily features Erdoğan in its major story 106 times in 341 days

Turkish President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been featured in the pro-government Sabah daily's lead story 106 times...

WHO was unaware of Turkey’s COVID-19 data, warns healthcare system may collapse

Dr. Irshad Ali Shaikh, head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Turkey office, has said WHO was unaware of the scale of the coronavirus...

New factory plans abandoned over concerns about Turkey’s political situation, Volkswagen CEO admits

German automaker Volkswagen has acknowledged for the first time that concern about the political situation in Turkey was the reason the company abandoned plans...

Rear handcuffing of Gülen detainees sparks criticism of rights defenders

Turkish police officers have taken 66 people who were detained as part of an İzmir-based operation targeting members of the faith-based Gülen movement to...

Turkey’s Erdoğan says he’ll get vaccinated against COVID-19 to set example for the public

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he would get vaccinated against the coronavirus, in a move intended to boost public confidence in the...

Turkey has returned to dark days of ’90s during 18-year-long AKP rule, report reveals

There have been gross human rights violations, a regression in freedom of speech and a return to the dark days of the 1990s, which...

Court rejects recusal demand by journalist Dündar’s lawyers in MİT trucks case

A high criminal court in İstanbul has rejected a demand for the recusal of the panel of judges by lawyers for journalist Can Dündar, who...

Health minister says COVID-19 vaccine will not be mandatory in Turkey

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has said a COVID-19 vaccine will not be mandatory for people in Turkey but that his ministry will try...

Jailed journalist reveals injustices in his prosecution in letter to colleague

Former economy editor Zafer Özcan, who was arrested last year on terror-related charges, revealed the injustices he faced during his prosecution in a letter...

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