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[ANALYSIS] Can Erdoğan lose?

The question regarding Turkey’s snap elections on June 24 is not which candidate or party will win. That is, the Turkish people will learn...

Turkey’s youngest parliamentary candidate a high school student in Batman

As Turkey reduced the age to be elected to Parliament from 25 to 18 in a public referendum last year, a high school student...

Court rules for continuation of arrest of Zaman columnist Ünal

A high criminal court in the western Turkish province of Uşak has ruled for the continuation of the arrest of former Zaman daily columnist...

As trial nears end, jailed journalist Türköne calls for investigation into prosecutor

Professor Mümtaz’er Türköne, who is among 11 former columnists and editors of the now-closed Zaman daily standing trial on various charges, has said he...

Turkish soldier attacked after singing in Kurdish

“His skull was almost split in half,” claimed a relative of Pvt. Fikret Aydemir, who was attacked and put in a coma by a...

Shock at the pumps: Gas hikes in Turkey no longer announced in advance

Turkey’s Petroleum Products Employers Union (PÜİS), which is responsible for announcing changes in gasoline prices, took a board decision on Thursday to stop announcing...

Turkey says UNHCR call to end state of emergency prior to elections ‘biased’

The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday issued a statement in response to a call by the UN High commissioner for human rights that Turkey...

Turkish citizens can vote in 3 more countries in snap elections

Turks will for the first time be able to vote in the upcoming Turkish elections in Malta, Serbia and Moldova, according to the Sputnik...

Turkish-trained local police to assume security duties in Afrin

Six hundred twenty Syrian police candidates will assume security duties in Syria’s northwestern Afrin region from May 10 after completing a basic training course...

15 deputies who joined İYİ Party return to CHP

Fifteen deputies who resigned from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and joined the İYİ (Good) Party on April 22 as part of...

Turkey bans student admissions to 16 French language departments

Amid ongoing Turkish criticism of a recent statement from prominent French figures who called for the removal of some verses from the Quran, Turkey's...

93 more educators sought by prosecutor over Gülen links

Detention warrants were issued on Thursday for 93 educators as part of an investigation into the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

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