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Turkey to spend $298 million for construction of prisons in 2021

The Turkish government has allocated a total of TL 2.2 billion ($298 million) for the ongoing construction of 40 prisons and the building of...

Physical assaults become commonplace in Turkish politics

Cevheri Güven A series of physical attacks have recently targeted journalists and politicians who criticized Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and...

2,340 academics lend support to Boğaziçi protests in joint statement

A total of 2,340 academics from more than 50 countries have signed a joint statement demanding academic freedom for Boğaziçi University students and faculty...

2 defendants get life sentences for operating whistleblower Fuat Avni account

A Turkish court on Monday handed down life sentences to two defendants standing trial on charges of attempting to destroy the constitutional order for...

Erdoğan to appoint son-in-law Albayrak to new position in palace, journalist claims

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made up with his son-in-law, Turkey’s former finance minister Berat Albayrak, and plans to appoint him to a new...

Turkey sees sharp rise in number of poverty-related suicides under AKP rule

A total of 4,801 people have died by suicide in Turkey due to financial problems since 2002, when the Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

Opposition politician injured in assault in front of his Ankara house

A politician from Turkey's opposition Gelecek (Future) Party was hospitalized after he was attacked by five unknown assailants in front of his house in...

Erdoğan, AKP criticized for getting coronavirus shots despite not being on priority list

Turkish President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and top officials from his party were among the first group...

Survey shows AKP-MHP alliance vote below 50 pct

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its election ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), would have received a nationwide vote of below...

Turkey bars access to reports covering gag order on AKP-era corruption files

An İstanbul court has blocked access to news reports covering a ruling made by another local court that blocked access to nearly 300 reports...

Opposition politician sues Erdoğan, minister over ‘terrorist’ remarks

A politician from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has sued Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu, who recently...

Erdoğan’s far-right ally renews call to shut down pro-Kurdish HDP

The chairman of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), a key ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, urged Turkey's top prosecutor's office to...

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