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Permanent daylight saving time in Turkey criticized for benefiting companies rather than people

While most of Europe switched to standard time last week, Turkey continued its policy of permanent daylight saving time, which has attracted criticism for...

Opposition parties in Turkey call for protest over mayor’s arrest

Turkish opposition parties called for protests on Thursday over what they said was the politically motivated arrest of an opposition mayor for alleged links...

Senior PKK leader ties new peace process to Öcalan’s ‘physical freedom’

Duran Kalkan, a senior leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has said any potential peace negotiations aimed at resolving an ongoing conflict...

Erdoğan drops lawsuits, complaints against former nationalist rival

In a rare gesture, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dropped all lawsuits and criminal complaints he filed against Meral Akşener, the former leader of...

Former İYİ lawmaker criticizes Bahçeli’s call to Öcalan at launch of new party

Yavuz Ağıralioğlu, a former nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party lawmaker, has slammed far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli for his recent call to imprisoned Kurdish leader...

Meet the Turkish far-right youth fighting for Ukraine

A 20-year-old Turkish man from northwestern Trabzon province shared details of his experience fighting for the Ukrainian army in an interview with the Serbestiyet...

DEM Party, bar associations protest Turkish airstrikes in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria

Protests erupted across Turkey on Monday as the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) and several bar associations condemned Turkey's recent airstrikes...

Turkey tries to mend fences with Kurds despite deadly attack

Ankara is leaning towards a rapprochement with the Kurds despite last week's deadly attack on a Turkish defense contractor, claimed by militants from the...

Kenyan official defends violent capture and repatriation of UN- protected Turkish refugees

Kenyan Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei told diplomats in Nairobi that Kenya’s deportation of four UN-protected Turkish refugees was driven by its unwillingness...

ECtHR ruling on man convicted over Gülen links unfair, overlooks facts: rights group

The European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) recent judgment on Şaban Yasak, convicted in Turkey of alleged links to the Gülen movement, lacks fairness...

Turkish public’s NATO support rises as distrust of US persists

A new Pew Research Center survey reveals that Turkish public support for NATO has increased, even as unfavorable views of the United States remain...

Court accepts indictment seeking long sentences for suspects in newborn treatment scandal

An indictment seeking lengthy prison sentences for 47 suspects accused of involvement in a shocking scandal of inappropriate treatment of newborns in Istanbul for...

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