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Turkish gov’t under scrutiny for environmental mismanagement after cyanide-laced landslide

A landslide at the Çöpler Gold Mine in the İliç district of Erzincan has buried workers and shed light on the scandals in the...

Prominent journalists given prison sentences in retrial over Gülen links

A Turkish court that heard the retrial of several journalists and media workers on terrorism charges due to their alleged links to a faith-based...

Report reveals systematic crackdown on lawyers following 2016 coup in Turkey

A report drafted by two international judicial advocacy groups has revealed the increasing pressure, acts of legal harassment and widespread crackdown on lawyers in...

Turkey and Egypt ‘turn over a new leaf’ as Erdoğan visits Cairo

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said in Cairo on Wednesday that they were 'turning over a new...

Turkey under pressure to shut down gold mine after landslide

Calls grew in Turkey on Wednesday to shut down a controversial gold mine as hopes dimmed of rescuing nine workers trapped by a massive...

At least 9 trapped in Turkish gold mine landslide

A landslide on Tuesday trapped at least nine workers at a gold mine in eastern Turkey, where search and rescue efforts were underway to...

Erdoğan says he will discuss bilateral relations, Gaza war with ‘esteemed’ Sisi

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who will pay his first official visit to Egypt in 12 years, has said his talks with “esteemed” Egyptian...

Main opposition CHP heavyweight resigns from party ahead of March local elections

Gürsel Tekin, a main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) heavyweight, has resigned from the party, accusing it of having “drifted away from its Kemalist...

Cypriot president asks Germany to pressure Ankara to solve Cyprus problem: report

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday called on Germany to help the island overcome its decades-long division, since Berlin maintains better relations with fellow...

Police detain 6 journalists working for Kurdish media in western Turkey

Turkish special operations police on Tuesday morning detained six journalists, most of whom work for pro-Kurdish media outlets, in simultaneous raids in the western...

İstanbul mosques convert working-class faithful to sport

The afternoon prayers have ended in the working-class İstanbul mosque and the silver-haired men turn their gaze from the imam to the sport instructor...

Turkey welcomes first astronaut after ISS mission

Alper Gezeravcı, the first Turkish astronaut, returned to Turkey on Monday after completing a mission at the International Space Station (ISS), Turkey's state-run Anadolu...

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