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More femicides in Turkey this year compared to 2018: interior minister

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has said 299 women have been murdered in Turkey to date this year, already above last year’s figure of 280, the...

Controversial villa project in UNESCO-listed town to proceed: report

The construction and sale of controversial château-style villas in a Turkish UNESCO-listed town will resume after the reversal by a court of a bankruptcy decision against...

Yet another Turkish family dies by cyanide poisoning

A family of three, including a child, has been found dead in their apartment in the Bakırköy district of İstanbul in an apparent murder-suicide, the Turkish...

Washington law firm provided information to Turkish gov’t profiling critics in US: report

Turkey’s government used a Washington-based law firm to gather information about its critics, including residents of the US, who it believed were allied with a political...

[UPDATE] 3 journalists, father whose daughter died under suspicious circumstances, released

Three journalists and Şaban Vatan, whose 11-year-old daughter, Rabia Naz Vatan, died under suspicious circumstances last year, were released on judicial probation on Thursday evening, according to...

EU says journalist Altan’s re-arrest further damages credibility of Turkish judiciary

The European Union, which Turkey aspires to join, has condemned the Tuesday re-arrest of well-known Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan, 69, one week after his...

US journalist branded as terrorist by pro-government Turkish daily

An editorial published by Turkey’s pro-government Daily Sabah labeled New York-based journalist Adam Klasfeld as an agent for the Gülen movement, which the Turkish government considers to...

Turkey removes 4 more Kurdish mayors: report

Turkey removed four more mayors on Wednesday as part of a widening government crackdown on the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), bringing to 20 the number...

Int’l organizations shocked by Altan’s re-arrest, call for his release

Several international organizations have expressed outrage over the Tuesday re-arrest of well-known Turkish journalist and writer Ahmet Altan, 69, one week after his release from prison. Altan’s...

Turkey gives 2,327 defendants life sentences in 2016 coup-related trials

Turkish courts have thus far concluded 270 trials related to a 2016 coup attempt, handing down 3,838 defendants lengthy prison sentences, including 2,327 life sentences, according...

Turkey needs EU economically, German lawmaker says in response to Erdoğan’s ISIL threat

German deputy Norbert Röttgen on Tuesday said Turkey is in need of Europe’s support to sustain its economy, in an apparent reaction to President Recep Tayyip...

Disabled woman loses health care benefits due to son-in-law’s Gülen links

The health care benefits of a disabled woman were cut off in 2017 because her son-in-law was a purge victim dismissed from public service by a...

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