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Fifth anniversary of Kurdish lawyer’s murder commemorated on social media amid pandemic

Tahir Elçi, a prominent Kurdish human rights activist and former head of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was remembered by his family members, colleagues and...

Opposition leader slams Turkish government for shortage of COVID-19, influenza vaccines

Ali Babacan, leader of the Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA), has criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) government for...

Turkish foreign minister meets with Saudi counterpart in attempt to repair relations

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, in Niger on Friday to discuss bilateral relations and...

Erdoğan’s army

Cevheri Güven After Turkey’s switch to a presidential system of governance, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan embarked on a major reorganization of the country’s security structure...

Turkey’s judicial council rewards judges and prosecutors for their role in gov’t-led prosecutions: report

Turkey’s Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) on Friday named 11 judges and prosecutors, many of whom played critical roles in government-led prosecutions, as...

‘We have to take measures,’ says Erdoğan as opposition questions COVID death toll

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said his government was obliged to take measures in the face of skyrocketing COVID-19 infections in the...

NATO’s reform plan to make veto more difficult likely to be blocked by Turkey

NATO-appointed experts on Wednesday presented to the foreign ministers of member countries a plan on reforming the alliance, including a proposal to make it...

Belgium’s highest criminal court will convene over Facebook posts insulting Gülen-linked residents

A court in Belgium on November 16 referred 14 Belgians of Turkish descent to the country's highest criminal court over Facebook comments targeting residents...

4 detained in police raid of Kurdish party branch, other locations in eastern Turkey

Four people were detained when Turkish police raided the provincial office of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and various other locations in the...

Turkish MP hints at fraud in national lottery after same numbers drawn twice in row

An opposition lawmaker has hinted at fraud in Turkey’s national lottery, Milli Piyango, after four out of six numbers drawn separately on November 18...

Turkish prosecutors launch investigation into German search of Libya-bound ship

The chief public prosecutor’s office in the Turkish capital city of Ankara has launched an investigation into the search earlier this week of a...

Erdoğan says Kanal İstanbul project ready to be put out to bid

Turkish President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said his government is prepared to move forward with the...

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