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Turkish comedian faces up to 3 years in prison over joke about Ottoman sultan

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking up to three years in prison for stand-up comedian Tuba Ulu over a joke she made about...

3 Turkish citizens evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship put in isolation in İstanbul

Three Turkish citizens evacuated from the MV Hondius, a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, were brought to İstanbul overnight and put...

Exhibition in İstanbul showcases Ara Güler’s unseen Cannes photos

One shot shows Sophia Loren lifting a champagne glass beneath the adoring gaze of fans. In another frame, Brigitte Bardot lies carefree in the...

Renovated Greek Orthodox seminary in İstanbul to be inaugurated but not reopened, patriarchate says

The renovation of a long-closed Greek Orthodox school on an İstanbul island will be finished in September, although it does not yet have a...

Turkish justice minister boasted about wiretapping Erdoğan’s calls, main opposition leader claims

Turkey’s main opposition leader, Özgür Özel, alleged that Justice Minister Akın Gürlek had boasted to people around him that he was secretly listening to...

Former Turkish PM, ex-Erdoğan allies call for retrials after ECtHR ruling on coup-era conviction

A former Turkish prime minister, a culture minister and an opposition lawmaker called for the retrial of thousands convicted in the crackdown that followed...

UN rapporteur, experts warn governments still use INTERPOL to pursue journalists in exile

Orhan Sait Berber - Geneva Press freedom experts and a UN special rapporteur have warned that authoritarian governments continue to misuse INTERPOL mechanisms to target...

Israeli state broadcaster alleges Hamas members trained with arms, drones in Turkey

Israel’s state broadcaster KAN has alleged that Hamas members received firearms, combat tactics and drone training at public shooting clubs in Turkey, in a...

Opposition lawmaker asks Turkish Parliament to release unpublished report on 2016 coup attempt

A lawmaker from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party has asked Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş to explain why a parliamentary inquiry report on a coup...

Turkey preparing maritime jurisdiction bill that could heighten tensions with Greece, Cyprus: report

Turkey is drafting legislation to assert maritime jurisdiction in disputed areas of the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, a move that could raise tensions with...

Autoliv to discontinue manufacturing operations in Turkey, citing excess capacity

Swedish car safety equipment maker Autoliv will gradually shut down its manufacturing operations in Turkey and move production to other plants in Europe, the...

Opposition mayor says she will join Erdoğan’s ruling party in latest blow to CHP

The mayor of a western Turkish city said Friday she will leave Turkey’s main opposition party and join President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party,...

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