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Amnesty International calls for action to free Turkish rapper Ezhel

Amnesty International (AI) released an urgent call to action on Friday, asking that supporters write to Turkish Justice Minister Abdülhamit Gül and ask him...

Police check criminal records in Diyarbakır before Erdoğan campaign rally

Police in Diyarbakır knocked on the doors of houses from the airport to Mahabad Square, a 75-meter stretch of road, and checked residents’ criminal...

9 migrants die after boat sinks off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast

The Turkish Coast Guard said on Sunday that nine people including six children died after a speedboat carrying 15 migrants sank off the coast...

Demirtaş says gov’t pressuring courts to keep him in prison

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş on Sunday said the government is keeping him in prison to guarantee victory in snap...

Erdoğan, İnce wage war of words over Second Army commander

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his election rival Republican People’s Party (CHP) candidate Muharrem İnce started a war of words over Second Army...

2 shepherds tortured by Turkish soldiers, report says

Two villagers from Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish Hakkari province were allegedly tortured for hours by a group of soldiers, the Mesopotamia news agency reported on...

25 students detained over Gülen links in police raid on university housing

Turkish police on Saturday detained 25 university students in Adana province as part of an investigation by the Adana Chief Public Prosecutor's Office into...

Erdoğan calls on governors, police to enforce Uber ban

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on governors and the police to enforce a recently instituted ban on Uber and similar transportation systems,...

Turkey condemns Israel’s new settlement decision

Turkey on Friday strongly condemned an Israeli decision to build 2,000 additional units in its settlements in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. "We...

Turkish stocks fall as banks put on Rating Watch Negative by Fitch

The Turkish stock exchange’s 100 Index and the lira closed the week in poor condition after a promising but brief recovery in advance of...

2 RTÜK members apply to YSK demanding removal of TRT head from his post

Two members of Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) have applied to the country’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) seeking the removal of public...

Erdoğan says Demirtaş responsible for 53 deaths, cannot be released from jail

Amid growing calls for the release of pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş from pre-trial detention, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

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