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İstanbul mayor confirms attempted assassination claims denied by Turkish police

İstanbul’s opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has confirmed claims that Turkish officials last month thwarted an assassination attempt against him, a day after the Security...

18 detained in anti-ISIL operation in Ankara

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 18 Iraqis who are suspected members of terrorist group the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according...

Over $95 million in irregularities in Turkish ministry accounts due to AKP-linked firm: report

Hundreds of millions of Turkish lira in irregularities in the books of Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure were a result of additional payments...

Turkey’s top court sees no rights violations in re-arrest of journalist Altan

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that no rights violation took place in the re-imprisonment of prominent writer and journalist Ahmet Altan after the court...

Anti-gov’t Twitter user released from jail after six-month-long incarceration

Taylan Kulaçoğlu, a popular anti-government Twitter user who was arrested in May after being targeted by pro-government media circles in Turkey, has been released...

Compromised independence of Turkey’s institutions is choking press freedom: IPI report

Turkey’s press freedom crisis is worsening amid the lack of independence of regulatory institutions as public criticism of topics sensitive to the Justice and...

Journalist acquitted of insult charges concerning Turkish first lady’s handbag

A journalist working for Turkey's left-wing Evrensel daily has been cleared of the insult charges he faced due to an article he wrote about...

Germany deporting teacher facing arrest in Turkey due to Gülen links

Cevheri Güven German authorities have taken action to deport a Turkish teacher who applied for asylum in the country to Turkey, where he faces an...

‘Warning shot’ fired by Turkish soldier killed Kurdish teenager, says governor

A 16-year-old Kurdish boy who died after being shot by a Turkish soldier was hit by a "warning shot," the governor of eastern Hakkari...

Turkey to begin vaccinating healthcare workers against COVID-19 in December: minister

Turkey aims to prioritize the vaccination of healthcare workers against the coronavirus in December, the health minister said on Tuesday, as the country battles...

80-year-old Turkish actress faces 8 years in prison on Erdoğan insult charges

A 80-year-old Turkish actress is facing more than eight years in prison on charges of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for several years...

Opposition leaders accuse AKP of lying to public to mask scale of coronavirus pandemic

The leaders of two opposition parties in Turkey have accused the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of manipulating the number of coronavirus infections...

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