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Do Armenians plan to leave Turkey after the Karabakh war?

by Alin Ozinian İstanbul’s Armenian community feared for its safety during the 43-day Karabakh war, which appears to have ended with a peace deal signed...

Erdoğan’s government puts assets seized on political grounds up for sale

Naksan Holding used to be one of Turkey’s largest corporations, operating in the fields of energy, plastics, textiles and carpets. The company’s assets were...

Netflix to open office in Turkey amid growing concerns over gov’t censorship

Online streaming platform Netflix announced on Thursday that it would open an office in İstanbul by the second half of 2021, after a new...

Erdoğan sues opposition leader over remarks alleging conspiracy against military

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a lawsuit against the head of the country’s main opposition party seeking TL 500,000 ($64,000) in damages...

Turkey loses 5 more healthcare workers to COVID-19 in a single day

Five healthcare professionals have died over the past 24 hours while attempting to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Turkish Medical Association (TTB) announced on...

İstanbul mayor says municipality soon to reveal AKP-era corruption, irregularities

İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has said the municipality is currently working on some 40 files of data detailing incidences of illegal spending...

Over 50,000 people migrated from Turkey to Germany in 2019: report

A total of 51,610 Turks migrated to Germany in 2019, an increase of 8.8 percent compared to 2018 numbers, the Turkish edition of Deutsche...

Turkey fines social media giants for second time as they refuse to observe controversial law: report

Turkey has again imposed fines, this time TL 30 million ($3.8 million) each, on social media giants such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for...

Kurdish politicians face hefty fine due to social distancing violations during protest

A fine amounting to TL 140,000 ($18,000) has been imposed on 45 Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) politicians and supporters for violating social distancing...

Reporting under fire: Mezopotamya news agency

Cevheri Güven In Turkey, where more than 150 journalists are in prison, the Mezopotamya news agency (MA) stands out as the latest major target of...

Report next-door neighbor violating COVID measures, Turkish gov’t tells citizens

New coronavirus measures announced by Turkey's interior ministry encourage building managers and neighbors to notify authorities upon seeing any indoor gatherings such as religious...

29 women killed in domestic violence in Turkey in November

A report released by the Stop the Murder of Women Platform shows that 29 women in Turkey were victims of fatal domestic violence in...

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