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More than a third of inmates in Europe are in Turkish prisons, CoE data reveal

Turkey is by far the leader in the number of prisoners in Europe, according to the 2023 Council of Europe (CoE) Annual Penal Statistics...

Journalists refute Turkish media reports claiming exiled cleric Gülen’s extradition

Three Turkish journalists visited the residence of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s arch-enemy who has lived in self-imposed exile in the...

Court bans access to report on loans from state lender to crime boss’s front companies

An İstanbul court has summarily banned access to a report describing how a Turkish state lender allegedly gave 550 million lira ($17 million) in...

Main opposition leader ignores protest of mother whose son was arrested post-coup

Özgür Özel, the leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), ignored Sevinç Çakır, who was protesting in front of the Justice Ministry...

Turkey to lose more than it gains if Western loans are linked to curbs on trade with Russia: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Turkey stands to lose more than it gains if loans and investments from Western financial institutions...

Erdoğan’s meeting with former nationalist opposition leader sparks speculation

Meral Akşener, the former nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party leader, had a surprise meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at his presidential complex...

Third indictment seeks up to 15-year sentences for May Day demonstrators

A new indictment seeks a prison sentence of up to 15-and-a-half years for 12 people, eight of whom are in pretrial detention, for attempting...

Despite skyrocketing inflation, finance minister sees Turkey on the way to stabilizing economy

Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek gave an overview of his first year in office on Wednesday, expressing confidence in the government's economy strategy despite...

Ousted Kurdish mayor given lengthy prison sentence on terrorism charges

A Turkish court has handed down an almost 20-year prison sentence to a Kurdish mayor who was ousted from office earlier this week on...

Mourinho to earn over $11 million a year as Fenerbahçe coach: report

Fenerbahçe says new coach Jose Mourinho is set to earn 10.5 million euros ($11.4 million) a year in salary after he agreed on a...

Erdoğan’s son-in-law sues ex-defense official who downplayed his company’s role in sector

Selçuk Bayraktar, the chief technical officer of Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) producer Baykar and also the son-in-law of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has...

Turkey’s top court trims Erdoğan’s power to appoint rectors, sack CB governors

In a rare development, Turkey’s Constitutional Court has made two decisions curtailing presidential powers to appoint university rectors and to replace central bank governors,...

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