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Erdoğan hints at removal of more Kurdish mayors from office

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has backed the removal of a democratically elected Kurdish mayor from office in southeastern Turkey, implying that other Kurdish...

Falling numbers of Syrian children in Turkey dispel far-right myth of ‘silent invasion’

The latest data from the Turkish migration authority shows that the population growth of Syrian children in the country is decreasing significantly, contradicting the...

Streaming platforms to pay 1.5 percent of annual revenue to Turkey’s media watchdog

In yet another move tightening its grip on digital media, Turkey’s broadcasting and streaming regulator, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has made...

40 women killed by men, 20 more died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey in May: report

Forty women were murdered by men in Turkey in May, and 20 more died under suspicious circumstances, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing...

NGO report on Turkey’s prisons highlights widespread mistreatment, rights violations

The Human Rights Association (İHD), one of Turkey’s leading advocacy groups, has released its 2023 report on prisons, stating that at least 23,899 rights violations...

Communications expert faces 16 years in jail for alleging Erdoğan relatives sell jet fuel to Israel

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 16 years for political communications expert Evren Barış Yavuz over a social media post...

Pro-Kurdish party defies ban on protests over removal of its mayor from office

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) is holding protests in the southeastern city of Hakkari against the removal of the city’s...

Turkish FM meets Chinese counterpart, says Turkey would like to become BRICS member

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Beijing on Tuesday, where they discussed a range of issues, including...

Turkish court awards purge victim compensation for emotional distress

A Turkish court has ordered the state to pay damages to an individual whose name has not been released summarily dismissed from their job...

78-year-old retired teacher fined for ‘insulting’ deputy minister

A Turkish court has fined a 78-year-old former teacher for insulting a deputy minister, ordering the teacher to pay him TL 7,080 ($220) as...

Turkey’s top court rules in favor of LGBT activist in landmark hate speech case

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of a LGBT activist, declaring that a lower court’s refusal to block homophobic content targeting her was...

New Fenerbahçe coach Mourinho gets warm welcome in İstanbul

Two-time Champions League winning coach Jose Mourinho arrived in İstanbul on Sunday, where he was announced as the new manager of Fenerbahçe and was...

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