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Prominent doctor to pay damages to Turkish Defense Ministry over chemical weapons remarks

An Ankara court has ruled that Şebnem Korur Fincancı, a prominent expert in forensic medicine and human rights activist, pay 50,000 lira ($1,460) in...

Turkey among CoE countries with lowest spending on its judicial system: CEPEJ report

Turkey invested as little as 15.6 euros ($17) per capita in its judicial system in 2022, while the average judicial budget of the 44...

Eastern Turkey rattled by magnitude 5.9 earthquake

Areas of eastern Turkey were shaken by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday although there were no immediate reports of injuries, Agence France-Presse reported, citing...

Turkey shuts down radio station over ‘Armenian genocide’ reference

İstanbul-based Açık Radyo on Wednesday was shut down by authorities, six months after a guest talked about the "Armenian genocide" on air, Agence France-Presse...

Turkish internet celebrity faces up to 3 years in prison on obscenity charges

A Turkish court has accepted an indictment seeking a prison sentence of up to three years for YouTuber, Twitch streamer and podcaster Ahmet Sonuç,...

Turkish police detain 269 after rally for jailed PKK leader’s freedom

Turkish police have detained 269 people in connection to a recent demonstration in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır where protestors demanded an end...

Turkish gov’t seeks to introduce new tax to fund defense industry

The Turkish government is planning to impose a new tax on credit cards that is designed to fund the defense industry, Agence France-Presse reported. As...

Turkey sees rise in hate crime with a sharp increase in racist attacks: report

Turkey saw a sharp increase in discriminatory, racist and hate-fueled attacks between January 1 and September 1, 2024, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported,...

Chanting pro-Kurdish slogans is protected by free speech laws, Turkey’s top court rules

Chanting pro-Kurdish slogans and singing songs in Kurdish are protected by freedom of speech laws, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has said, in a ruling ordering...

MPs from pro-Kurdish party face complaints after attending rally for PKK leader’s freedom

The governor’s office in Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır has filed criminal complaints against lawmakers from the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM...

Turkish-American economist among recipients of Nobel economics prize 2024

Daron Acemoğlu, a Turkish-American economist with Armenian roots, has been named one of three recipients of the Nobel prize in economics 2024 by the...

Turkey condemns Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, calls for int’l action

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has condemned recent attacks by Israeli forces on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), accusing the Israeli government...

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