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Five things to know about local elections in Turkey

Turks will vote Sunday in local elections as President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan sets his sights on winning back Ä°stanbul, the country's economic powerhouse, after...

Erdogan’s obsession is to recapture Istanbul in local Turkish elections

Retaking Ä°stanbul, the "jewel" of Turkey, in Sunday's local elections has become President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan's obsession since he lost the country's economic capital...

8 detained for hate speech targeting African students at northern Turkey university

Turkish police have detained eight suspects for allegedly using hate speech in social media posts against African students at a university in northwestern Turkey...

US House Armed Services Committee members to visit Ankara on Friday: ministry

Turkey’s Defense Ministry has announced that four members of the US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee will pay a visit to Ankara on...

Syrians face dire conditions in Turkish-occupied ‘safe zone’: HRW

Turkish authorities are deporting or otherwise pressuring thousands of Syrians to leave the country to Tel Abyad, a remote Turkish-occupied district of northern Syria...

Defendants in Hrant Dink assassination retrial reveal tampering with intel

Veysel Åžahin, a defendant in the retrial concerning the 2007 assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, said in court that a piece of intelligence...

ErdoÄŸan backs Finance Minister ÅžimÅŸek, dispels rumors of economic team overhaul

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan has reiterated his full confidence in Finance Minister Mehmet ÅžimÅŸek, dispelling widespread speculation of an imminent reshuffle of the...

Court orders internet celebrity to pay damages to Kılıçdaroğlu for insult

Turkish YouTuber, Twitch streamer and podcaster Ahmet Sonuç, known online as Jahrein, has been ordered by a Turkish court to pay damages for insulting...

Renowned social anthropologist released from custody under judicial supervision

Professor Nükhet Sirman, a renowned social anthropologist who was detained by Turkish police on Saturday for her academic work, was released from custody under...

HRW, NGO call for investigation into public officials for Turkey’s earthquake deaths

Human Rights Watch and a nongovernmental organization in Turkey have condemned the lack of legal action against public officials due to their role in...

Turkish authorities drop 1991 massacre of Kurdish civilians due to statute of limitations

Turkish prosecutors have dropped the case of seven Kurdish civilians who were killed by soldiers in southeast Turkey in 1991 due to the expiration...

Latest survey shows Ä°mamoÄŸlu has wide lead in Ä°stanbul

İstanbul’s incumbent opposition mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, is holding on to his lead over the mayoral candidate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),...

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