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Opposition leader accuses AKP of ignoring party’s warnings for earthquake safety

In the wake of a powerful earthquake that hit the Turkish Aegean province of İzmir last Friday, leader of the main opposition Republican People...

Turkish religious leader acquitted of terror charges

Alparslan Kuytul, the head of a religious community critical of the Turkish government, was acquitted on Tuesday of charges of disseminating propaganda for a...

Turkish officials condemn deadly shooting attack in Vienna

Turkish officials have condemned a terrorist attack in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Monday night that claimed the lives of four people and...

21 women killed in domestic violence in Turkey in October

A report released by the Stop the Murder of Women Platform shows that 21 women in Turkey were victims of fatal domestic violence in...

Babacan announces preparations for new constitution based on strong separation of powers

Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) leader Ali Babacan has said his party members are currently working on a new constitution as part of the...

AKP wants to take revenge on Kurds for defeating ISIL, jailed Kurdish leader says

The Turkish government has ramped up a crackdown on pro-Kurdish politicians to avenge the defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

1 killed as tourist boat sinks off Antalya coast

One person was killed when a tourist boat capsized on Tuesday near the holiday resort of Alanya in southern Turkey, the state-run Anadolu news...

Turkish lira hits another historic low against US dollar

Turkey's lira once again weakened to a record low against the US dollar on Tuesday, standing at 8.489 to the dollar and 9.930 to...

Doctors may have to decide who gets care due to coronavirus surge: governor

The governor of a northwestern Turkish province has warned that doctors in the city may soon be obliged to decide who gets COVID-19 treatment...

4-year-old girl rescued after 91 hours under rubble in Turkey earthquake

A 4-year-old girl has been rescued from a collapsed apartment building in İzmir 91 hours after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's Aegean province of...

Violence against Kurds in Turkey on the rise

Sixty-one-year-old Kurdish villager Şerali Dereli was shot dead by soldiers 50 meters from his house. In another incident, Ferit Kanlı and his wife Evin...

Kurdish villagers beaten by mob of soldiers, not thrown from helicopter: report

A Kurdish villager from the southeastern province of Van who survived alleged torture by Turkish soldiers, unlike another villager who succumbed to his injuries...

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