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[OPINION] Turkey scrambled to contain fallout from Erdoğan’s jihadist friends

Abdullah Bozkurt It appears Turkey’s intelligence agency, which has long trafficked, armed and supported foreign fighters in the bloody Syrian civil war since 2011 in...

Critical German-Turkish politician to attend Erdoğan state dinner to send ‘signal’

Opposition Green party politician Cem Özdemir, who is of Turkish descent and has repeatedly slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s policies, is to attend...

572 lawyers put behind bars on terror charges since 2016 coup attempt

According to Turkey’s Progressive Lawyers Association (ÇHD) 572 attorneys have been put behind bars since a 2016 foiled coup attempt in Turkey, Deutsche Welle...

Turkey says operations targeting Gülen movement could extend to US

Turkey’s presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said during a press conference on Friday that the Turkish government would continue its global manhunt for followers of...

Report: 21,800 people killed in work-related accidents during AKP rule 

A report drafted by Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) shows that a total of 21,800 workers have been killed in work-related accidents...

Amnesty says arrest of construction workers ‘an attempt to stifle dissent’

Human rights group Amnesty International has slammed a recent order by an İstanbul court to arrest 24 construction workers and union leaders pending trial...

CHP deputy Berberoğlu released after 15-month incarceration on espionage charges

Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Enis Berberoğlu was released on Thursday after 15 months of imprisonment on espionage charges, the T24 news website...

[OPINION] Erdoğan selected a crook and jihadist enabler as Turkey’s vice president

Abdullah Bozkurt Fuat Oktay, named vice president in the new Cabinet of Turkish Islamist leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the surprise of many Turkey observers...

Turkey cuts investment levels required for foreigners to acquire citizenship

Turkey has slashed the financial and investment criteria for foreigners to become Turkish citizens, a move expected to double annual property investment by foreigners...

Novelist Erdoğan: Altan is a victim of Ergenekon-Erdoğan bargain

Turkish novelist Aslı Erdoğan, who spent 132 days in jail in 2016 for displaying solidarity with the pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem newspaper, has said jailed...

Gov’t introduces new price tag regulation to prevent unfair price hikes

The Turkish government has introduced a new regulation requiring storeowners to include the date a price hike was implemented on price tags to prevent...

Family of China critic faces possible denial of entry to Turkey

An outspoken critic of China’s internment camps who now lives in Istanbul says his wife and son face potential deportation to China because Turkish...

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