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[VIDEO] German Chancellor Merkel visits Turkey amid disagreements  

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting Turkey on Thursday to focus on efforts to find a political solution in Syria and the EU-Turkey refugee...

Islamic scholar Gülen’s nephew arrested in Manisa

One of the nephews of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen was arrested in the Turgutlu district of western Manisa province on Thursday as part...

[VIDEO] Ottoman heir: Parliamentary system in Turkey always harmed leaders like Erdoğan

Nilhan Osmanoğlu, the great granddaughter of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, said on Wednesday that she will vote "yes" in an upcoming referendum in...

Jailed HDP co-chair: Erdoğan, Davutoğlu must also be tried for talks with PYD

Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ said during a hearing on Wednesday that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and former Prime Minister Ahmet...

Turkey’s media watchdog restricts broadcasting of ‘breaking news’

Turkey’s Supreme Council of Radio and Television (RTÜK) has restricted the broadcasting of "breaking news" on Turkish television during a state of emergency currently...

Report: Gov’t wielding press accreditation as threat to foreign journalists in Turkey

Although infringements on freedom of the media and the arbitrary imprisonment of scores of Turkish journalists have been widely reported and criticized worldwide in...

Ruling party deputy threatens to ‘hit’ Greece

A deputy from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) threatened Greece in a Twitter message on Wednesday. On the anniversary of a dispute over...

CPJ calls on Merkel to bring up media freedoms during Turkey visit

A leading press freedom advocacy group, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), has sent a letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel urging her to...

[OPINION] Turkey uses consular services as a weapon of persecution

Abdullah Bozkurt The pattern of increasing cases of arbitrary refusal of consular services to critics and dissidents abroad by Turkey’s embassies and consulates is yet...

HSYK suspends 7 judges, prosecutors over ByLock use

The second chamber of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) has suspended seven judges and prosecutors for their use of a smart...

Justice minister says only 30 journalists jailed in Turkey

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said there are only 30 journalists in Turkey's prisons and that some jailed individuals may have wrongfully presented their...

Greek court says Turkish officers must stay in custody

A Greek court has ruled that eight Turkish officers seeking asylum in Greece must remain in temporary police custody even though Turkey's request for...

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