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Jailed journalist says in letter inmates forced to live in cells invaded by rats

A Turkish journalist who has been in jail since March 2018 on terrorism charges has written in a letter from prison about the “inhumanly”...

Daily coronavirus deaths in Turkey have surpassed 1,000, opposition deputy says

More than 1,000 people succumb to COVID-19 in Turkey every day, Mustafa Adıgüzel, a deputy from the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and also...

Turkey’s new economy team fails to halt demand for US dollars

Turhan Bozkurt The Turkish economy team has backed down on its opposition to high interest rates, and the central bank hiked rates last week....

Former Turkish military officer reveals details of Turkey’s illegal arms shipments to Syria

Nuri Gökhan Bozkır, a former major who served in an elite force attached to the Special Forces Command (ÖKK) in the Turkish military before...

ECtHR judgment could spell the end of anonymous witnesses in Turkey

Cevheri Güven Tens of thousands of people are imprisoned in Turkey on the basis of accounts given to authorities by anonymous witnesses, which often occurs...

Leaders of opposition alliance call for early elections, saying Turkey is not well governed

Chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and İYİ Party leader Meral Akşener on have called for early elections, accusing...

Turkey asks global firms to financially support its small business owners amid pandemic

Turkish Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan said they have contacted global firms to find out what they can do to financially support Turkey’s small business...

Erdoğan calls Demirtaş a ‘terrorist,’ denies existence of a Kurdish problem in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has referred to jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been behind bars since November 2016 on politically motivated...

İstanbul’s coronavirus map shows entire city in red except forests, sea

An online risk assessment map showing the concentration of coronavirus cases in İstanbul reveals the severity of the pandemic in Turkey’s most populous city...

Most domestic violence suspects go unprosecuted in Turkey, report reveals

Turkish prosecutors have filed criminal cases against only 4,910 out of a total of 25,841 domestic violence suspects in Turkey in the last eight...

Turkey scores ‘halfway favorable’ in Migrant Integration Policy Index 2020

Turkey has scored 43 points on the 100-point scale of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) 2020, moving up from the bottom 10 countries...

Turkey would be valuable EU member, FM says

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Tuesday said the EU should come to understand how valuable Turkey would be as a full member of...

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