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Erdoğan joins far-right ally in backing live broadcast of chief rival İmamoğlu’s trial

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday gave his approval to a proposal for the upcoming trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the president’s...

Turkey announces surprise tax hike to bolster budget, dampens lira demand: report

Turkey raised withholding taxes on lira-denominated deposits and mutual funds, tightening its grip on household savings as it seeks fresh revenue to ease the...

Opposition under siege: 16 CHP mayors jailed, one under house arrest in Turkey

A sweeping crackdown on Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has intensified over the past year, with 16 mayors jailed and one put...

US officially informs Turkey of the death of Islamic scholar Gülen

The death of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in the US last year was officially confirmed through diplomatic channels, according to documents sent from...

Pro-Kurdish party co-chair urges end to crackdown on opposition municipalities

The co-chair of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has called for an immediate halt to the government’s ongoing crackdown on...

ECtHR rules Turkey violated rights of dozens detained over alleged Gülen links

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights of 117 individuals who were held in pretrial detention in...

UN warns 88 percent of Turkey at high risk of desertification amid growing water crisis

A staggering 88 percent of Turkey’s land is at high risk of desertification, putting the country on a trajectory toward severe water scarcity by...

Turkish police detain 25 people over alleged links to Gülen movement

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 25 people in coordinated raids across eight provinces over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center...

Jailed İstanbul mayor to face new trial on September 11

İstanbul's jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, the top opponent of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, will face a new trial starting September 11 on a...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally signals support for opposition’s call for live broadcast of İmamoğlu trial

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s far-right ally, on Tuesday expressed support for a proposal by the main opposition...

Int’l press freedom groups condemn Turkey over arrests at satirical magazine LeMan

A coalition of European press freedom organizations on Monday condemned Turkey’s arrest of four journalists from the LeMan satirical magazine, calling it a serious...

No live broadcast of PKK ceremony to lay down arms, event closed to press

An upcoming ceremony marking the symbolic start of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) transition away from armed conflict will not be broadcast live...

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