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Migrants subjected to violence by Greek forces, vigilantes at Turkey border: HRW

Greek security forces and unidentified armed men at the Greece-Turkey land border have detained, assaulted, sexually assaulted, robbed and stripped asylum seekers and migrants, then forced...

Ankara Municipality postpones payment of commercial rents amid coronavirus shutdowns

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş on Tuesday announced that the municipality has postponed commercial rents due the city for two months in a move aimed at relieving tenants...

Turkey announces closure of theaters, cafés, wedding halls amid coronavirus outbreak

As part of efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, the Turkish Interior Ministry has ordered the immediate closure of a large variety of...

Turkish court sentences 3 human smugglers to 125 years each in Syrian toddler’s drowning

Three human smugglers have been sentenced by a Turkish court to 125 years each in the 2015 drowning incident of Alan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler whose...

Turkey begins transporting migrants away from Greek border: report

Turkey has signaled that it is winding down its two-week operation to aid the movement of tens of thousands of people toward Europe, following a tough...

Turkey closes bars, nightclubs as number of coronavirus patients rises to 18

Turkey decided to temporarily close all bars, nightclubs and public libraries starting from Monday, as the country’s health minister announced the 18th case of COVID-19, caused...

Turkish citizen tests positive for coronavirus after returning from Umrah

Turkey on Saturday announced one more COVID-19 case, caused by the novel coronavirus, raising its tally to six. "Unfortunately, the coronavirus test of a citizen...

Ghana says 1 coronavirus-infected patient recently traveled from Turkey: report

Ghana’s information minister has announced that a Ghanaian citizen who tested positive for COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus, had traveled home from Turkey, the Ghanaweb...

[UPDATE] Health minister says coronavirus cases in Turkey now number 5: report

The Turkish health minister announced on Friday that the number of cases in Turkey of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, had reached five,...

Turkish ministry’s expert report cites pilot error in Pegasus plane crash: report

An expert report released by the Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Ministry on a plane that crashed at İstanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in February states that...

Turkey’s Kurds cancel Newroz festival on March 21 due to coronavirus fears

Turkey’s Kurdish parties and organizations have decided to cancel a March 21 Newroz festival marking the start of spring due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak,...

Turkey’s health minister says new coronavirus will wane in summer

“Let us put up a resistance for two months. The virus will lose its effectiveness in summer,” Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted on Thursday, referring...

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