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CHP leader slams controversial bill concerning rapists marrying child victims

Leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has harshly criticized a government-sponsored bill seeking to free more than 4,000 inmates...

Erdoğan says disillusioned with US policy during Obama’s term in office

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a TV interview that he has become disillusioned with US policy during the administration of outgoing US...

Court arrests 20 DBP members including Mardin provincial co-chair

Twenty out of 31 Democratic Regions Party (DBP) members in the southeastern province of Mardin who had been detained last week were arrested on...

Turkish journalists Dündar, Gül receive PEN’s Hermann Kesten Award

The German office of PEN International, a worldwide association of writers, has given the Hermann Kesten Award to former Editor-in-Chief of the Cumhuriyet daily Can Dündar...

[UPDATE] 70 academics detained at Yıldız Teknik University over Gülen links

As many as 70 academics including professors, associate professors and research assistants from the İstanbul-based Yıldız Teknik University were detained following raids on Friday...

PACE delegation to visit Turkey to assess post-coup developments

An ad hoc sub-committee of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), chaired by Mogens Jensen, will...

Turkish lira hits fresh low against US dollar

The Turkish lira reach a record low against the US dollar on Friday, at 3.40 lira to the dollar, a continuation of steep acceleration...

ECtHR orders Turkey to pay conscientious objector 2,500 euros in compensation

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Turkey guilty in the case of conscientious objector Halil Savda, who was sentenced by a...

Former Özgür Gündem columnist Şaban İba detained in Turkey

Former columnist of the now-closed pro-Kurdish Özgür Gündem daily, Şaban İba, was detained by gendarmes in the Edremit district of Balıkesir after a raid...

Turkey’s ruling AKP proposes rapists be released from prison if married to victims

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has brought a bill to Parliament that proposes rapists in Turkish jails be released if they are...

Erdoğan hitman denies controversial remarks in NYT, accuses paper of distortion

Cem Küçük, a staunchly pro-government journalist who is known for his attacks on government critics on social media, has denied alleged remarks that appeared...

37 including retired generals, active-duty officers detained over Gülen links

Thirty-seven people including retired generals and active-duty officers as well as civilians were detained across 13 Turkish provinces on Thursday as part of an...

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