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Turkey allegedly granted citizenship to fugitive Moldovan oligarch wanted for large-scale fraud

Vladimir Plahotniuc, the former leader of the Democratic Party (PDM) who is wanted in Moldova for forming an organized crime group, involvement in the...

Right to a fair trial trampled by Turkish courts: opposition deputy

More than half of the cases in which Turkey's top court ruled that the defendant's rights had been violated involved denial of the right...

Formerly Gülen-linked schools in Albania face growing gov’t pressure

Several schools formerly run by the Gülen movement in Albania have been the subject of growing government pressure in recent weeks in the form...

Opposition MP: Death of 2 purge victims was due to criminal neglect of Turkey’s AKP

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has revealed that two civil servants who were previously removed from their jobs as part...

Former TV anchorman faces up to 15 years in prison on terrorism charges

An indictment drafted by an İstanbul prosecutor seeks a prison sentence of up to 15 years for Erkan Akkuş, a former anchorman at the...

Turkish court acquits cooperating lawyer for German Embassy of espionage charges

An Ankara court has acquitted of espionage charges a Turkish lawyer who worked as a cooperating lawyer for the German Embassy in Ankara, the...

Disabled woman convicted on terrorism charges due to alleged Gülen links

A young woman with physical disabilities has been handed down a jail sentence of six years, three months on terrorism charges due to alleged...

Turkey’s Health Ministry admits accuracy of COVID-19 tests might be lower than stated

The Turkish Health Ministry’s General Directorate of Public Health has announced that locally produced COVID-19 test kits might have a high margin of error,...

Turkey sees 433 worker suicides in last seven years: report

At least 433 workers in Turkey have died by suicide in the last seven years, the majority of whom were white-collar workers, according to...

Turkey bans smoking in crowded public places to contain pandemic

Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday banned smoking in crowded public places as part of efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control as coronavirus...

Turkey’s top court rejects main opposition’s appeal of controversial immunity decree

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has unanimously rejected a petition submitted by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) to nullify a controversial government decree that...

More and more regular citizens face legal action in Turkey for criticizing gov’t

Everyday people in Turkey have increasingly been facing legal charges for their criticism of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his government's policies. In one...

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