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[OPINION] How Erdoğan’s one-man rule collapsed with the earthquake

Türkmen Terzi Last week magnitude-7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes and a series of severe aftershocks struck the southern Turkish province of Kahramanmaraş, causing immense destruction in...

Gunman in 2006 attack on Council of State found dead in prison

Alparslan Arslan, who killed a member of the Council of State, Turkey's highest administrative court, in a 2006 shooting, has been found dead in...

Syrian refugees flock to border to flee Turkey earthquake wreckage

Syrian refugees living in Turkey sought to get back to their war-torn country on Friday after swaths of their adopted home were destroyed by...

Turkey’s deadly earthquake renews alarm for İstanbul

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed tens of thousands across Turkey's southeast has reignited fears of an even more catastrophic death toll if a long-feared...

RSF says journalists covering Turkey’s earthquake face obstruction, harassment

The Paris-based Reporters without Borders (RSF) has said journalists trying to cover the situation on the ground in Turkey since a powerful earthquake struck on...

Turkey rescues girl from rubble 248 hours after earthquake

Turkish rescuers on Thursday pulled a 17-year-girl from the rubble of last week's devastating earthquake, as hopes fade of finding more survivors, Agence France-Presse...

[OPINION] This is political, Mr. President!

Yasemin Aydın* After two devastating earthquakes in southern Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, “Words are not enough to express our grief." In that, he...

NASA’s FINDER technology helped save lives in Turkey

NASA has confirmed that groups in Turkey have been sent FINDER units -- a NASA spinoff technology that can detect people trapped under rubble – to...

Turkish singer’s charity AHBAP faces increasing gov’t pressure as its popularity grows

Turkish rock singer and public figure Haluk Levent’s non-profit organization, which has won the support and trust of millions in Turkey and around the...

Healthcare worker in quake zone who criticized Erdoğan on live TV faces investigation

A healthcare worker who complained on live TV about the government’s failure to properly handle the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that hit the...

President of Turkey’s top charity blames Gülenists for gov’t’s poor earthquake response

The president of the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) has put the blame on the Gülen movement for the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government’s...

Concerns rise as Turkey debates postponing elections for a year amid earthquake recovery

Debates in Turkey over whether the government can postpone elections scheduled for June as the country grapples with the aftermath of two major earthquakes that...

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