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Reporter faces probe over story on minister buying land near Kanal İstanbul route

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a reporter from the Cumhuriyet daily due to a report she wrote last month about Turkish Finance Minister Berat...

Elderly mother of Kurdish politician injured during police raid on home

The 90-year-old mother of a Kurdish mayor who was removed from office on terrorism charges has sustained injuries in a police raid on their home in...

2 million Turks applied for unemployment benefits in 2019

A total of 1,955,000 people in Turkey applied for unemployment benefits in 2019, according to data from the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR), the Cumhuriyet daily reported....

Kurdish politician acquitted of terrorism charges that led to his removal from office

Prominent Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk, who was ousted from his position as co-mayor of the Mardin Municipality in southeastern Turkey in August 2019, has been acquitted of...

Erdoğan aide faces probe due to alleged role in release of drug lord from jail

The chief public prosecutor’s office in İstanbul has launched an investigation into Burhan Kuzu, a chief advisor to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, due to his...

Russia warns Turkey over nationalist leader’s Syria remarks: report

Russia has urged Turkey to refrain from making provocative statements about events in Syria amid rising tensions over the Syrian province of Idlib, Gazete Duvar’s English...

German MEP barred by security from observing trial in Turkey

A German member of the European Parliament was prevented on Friday by Turkish security forces from observing a trial in Ankara concerning the 2015 peace rally bombings...

Turkey condemns Syrian parliament for recognizing Armenian genocide

Turkey on Thursday condemned the Syrian parliament for passing a resolution that recognizes the killing of Armenians during the final days of the Ottoman Empire as...

Greek minister asks NATO to help halt migrant influx from Turkey

Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos called for a strengthening of NATO's presence in the Aegean Sea on Thursday so as to halt, as he said, the...

Erdoğan says Jerusalem is Turkey’s red line: report

Protecting Jerusalem is a red line for Turkey, and Ankara will never leave the holy city to the mercy of the occupying Israeli government, Turkish President...

Turkey’s natural gas purchases from Russia dropped by 35.3 pct in 2019: report

Russian gas supplies to Turkey declined by 35.3 percent to 15.51 billion cubic meters (bcm) last year due to a downturn in the Turkish economy, the...

Turkey to export coronavirus detection kits to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan: report

Turkey will in the coming days export locally produced coronavirus detection kits that can produce results in about two hours to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, the Turkish...

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