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Professor, jailed for 6 years, given disciplinary punishment on day of release

A prominent Turkish professor who has been behind bars for six years on politically motivated charges has been forced to serve four more months...

Mystical water underworld of past empires reopens in İstanbul

Justinian the Great would have been proud. The Basilica Cistern he built for the capital of his Eastern Roman Empire in modern-day İstanbul has reopened...

[OPINION] Turkey has no plans to leave Syria

Türkmen Terzi  Syria has lost its territorial integrity since the civil war erupted in 2011. At present, major European countries together with the United States...

Four Syrian Kurds killed in Turkish strike: Kurdish forces

A Turkish drone strike in northern Syria killed four Syrian Kurdish fighters on Thursday, the second such attack in recent days, Agence France-Presse reported,...

Erdoğan’s approval rating on downward trend despite ‘populist’ moves

The approval rating of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan continued to drop in July despite several moves considered "populist,” according to the results of...

Ukrainian ambassador says Fenerbahçe fans’ pro-Putin chants ‘very saddening’

Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar has said it was very saddening to hear Fenerbahçe football club fans chanting Russian President Vladimir Putin's name...

Turkey’s Diyanet denies Erdoğan’s claims about mosques torched by Gezi protestors

The Religious Affairs Directorate of Turkey (Diyanet) has denied claims made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who said participants of the mass Gezi Park...

UN rapporteur urges Turkey to rejoin women’s treaty

The UN rapporteur on violence against women urged Turkey on Wednesday to reverse its decision to drop out of a European treaty combating gender-based...

Turkey grants visa-free travel to Bulgarian citizens

Bulgarian tourists will no longer need a visa to visit Turkey, according to the Official Gazette, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday. The...

Rocket fire targets Turkish consulate in Iraq’s Mosul

Rockets landed in the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul, causing damage but no casualties, Agence France-Presse reported. The...

Turkish FM says Sweden, Finland have not taken any concrete steps on extraditions

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said Sweden and Finland have not yet taken any steps to meet Turkey’s demand for the extradition of...

Turkey’s top court upholds sentences given to 60 former cadets on coup charges

Turkey’s top appeals court has upheld life sentences handed down to 60 former military cadets who were jailed in the aftermath of a failed...

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