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Woman jailed for husband’s role in corruption investigations denied medical treatment

Sümeyya Aksoy, 43, the wife of a police chief jailed for her husband’s role in corruption and bribery operations back in 2013 that implicated...

Pro-gov’t Cengiz, Limak holdings win millions in tenders for electricity supply in 2021

Public tenders valued at millions of dollars to supply electric power to ministries, universities and other public institutions in Turkey have been awarded to...

Rights advocate deputy files lawsuit against minister who branded him a ‘terrorist’

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a prominent human rights activist and member of the Turkish Parliament from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, has filed a lawsuit...

US-Turkey mull joint working group to discuss S-400 sanctions, Turkish FM says

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoglu said on Wednesday that Turkey and the United States are considering the formation of a joint working group to...

Renowned Kurdish poet arrested shortly after criticizing Turkish gov’t crackdown on Gülen movement

Famous Kurdish poet, writer and journalist Yılmaz Odabaşı was arrested in İstanbul shortly after he criticized an ongoing crackdown by the Turkish government on...

Journalist Baransu’s wife says she’s suffering civil death due to husband’s incarceration

Nesibe Baransu, the wife of Turkish journalist Mehmet Baransu, who has been behind bars for more than five years, on Tuesday told the Jailed...

Turkey shaken by brutal killings of 3 women in a single day

Three women in Turkey were brutally murdered by men on Tuesday, sending shockwaves across the country at a time when domestic violence has become...

EP draft report on Turkey details serious rights violations suffered by Gülen followers

A draft report on Turkey prepared by the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee and released on Dec. 21 emphasizes serious human rights violations that...

First shipment of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Turkey

The first batch of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac arrived in Turkey on Wednesday after a two-week delay. Turkey was...

Turkish court upholds terrorism conviction of bomb disposal expert blinded in an explosion

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a conviction and sentence on the charge of membership in a terrorist organization handed down to Bilal Konakçı,...

Turkey’s 2020 in review

As with the rest of the world, the year 2020 in Turkey was defined by the far-reaching impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the...

Details of AKP bill to ratify extradition treaty with China revealed on social media

The photo of a bill proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to ratify an extradition treaty with China, which has led...

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