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Journalists in Turkey faced assaults, detentions and trustee takeovers in October: report

Journalists in Turkey were subjected to assaults and judicial harassment in October, while media outlets faced increasing pressure from government-appointed trustees, the Stockholm Center...

Restoration of historic Halki Seminary nears completion, but reopening remains uncertain

The long-closed Halki Theological Seminary on İstanbul’s Heybeliada Island is nearing the end of a major restoration, attracting renewed attention as to how the...

Turkey competition chief slams Nutella maker Ferrero for blaming Turkish traders for higher hazelnut prices

Turkey’s competition regulator accused Italian confectioner Ferrero, the maker of Nutella, of unfairly blaming Turkish traders for a surge in hazelnut prices after company...

Turkey and Israel will not be at war with each other: US ambassador

US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack predicted that Turkey and Israel will avoid direct military conflict and could even...

Turkey’s top bar association urges investigation of ministry officials over deadly hotel fire

Turkey’s Union of Turkish Bar Associations (TBB) has criticized the lack of accountability for Culture and Tourism Ministry officials over a fire at a...

Turkey’s foreign minister’s university degree under scrutiny after accusations of irregularities

The academic credentials of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan have come under scrutiny after a lawmaker from the country’s main opposition Republican People’s Party...

Third earthquake in 3 months rattles western Turkish town

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake rattled the western Turkish town of Sındırgı on Monday for the third time in less than three months, officials said. The...

Erdoğan urges Muslim world to act on Sudan violence

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday urged the Muslim world to assume responsibility for ending the bloodshed in Sudan after paramilitaries seized the key...

Over half a million Syrians have returned home from Turkey: Ankara

Some 550,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey have returned home following the fall of Bashar al-Assad last December, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on...

Erdoğan says Hamas ‘determined’ to stick to Gaza truce

Hamas is "determined" to abide by the Gaza truce, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday, adding that it was crucial that Muslim...

CEO of collapsed crypto exchange Thodex found dead in Turkish prison

Faruk Fatih Özer, the founder and chief executive officer of the collapsed Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex, was found dead in his prison cell on...

French-Turkish actor Tchéky Karyo, star of ‘La Femme Nikita’ and ‘The Missing,’ dies at 72

French-Turkish actor Tchéky Karyo, known for his roles in Luc Besson’s "La Femme Nikita" and numerous international productions, died Friday at the age of...

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