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Yearly Archives: 2020

Interior Ministry tasks 3 inspectors with investigating alleged irregularities at İstanbul Municipality

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has ordered three inspectors to investigate allegations of irregularities at the İstanbul Municipality raised by the city’s opposition mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu,...

Turkish Parliament approves bill feared to paralyze civil society

The Turkish Parliament has approved a controversial bill that would increase government control and monitoring of civil society groups and put freedom of association...

COVID-19 case in Beijing customs leads to delay in delivery of Sinovac vaccines to Turkey

The arrival in Turkey of an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac will be delayed "one or two" days due to...

Turkey signs deal with Pfizer-BioNTech for 4.5 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that Turkey signed a contract with Pfizer and BioNTech for 4.5 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to...

Father investigating daughter’s suspicious death gets jail sentence, fine over complaint by ex-minister

Şaban Vatan, who has been searching for the truth about the suspicious death of his daughter Rabia Naz Vatan for more than two years...

Erdoğan says Turkey seeks better relations with Israel

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey would like to improve ties with Israel, emphasizing that talks at the intelligence level were taking place...

Turkish TV station closes down due to gov’t pressure 26 days after launch

Private Turkish television station Olay TV closed down on Friday, only 26 days after it started broadcasting, due to intense pressure from Turkey’s Justice...

Turkish health minister says China’s CoronaVac vaccine 91 percent effective

An experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac is 91.25 percent effective, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Thursday, adding that...

Erdoğan says police will raid New Year’s parties violating pandemic measures

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said police will conduct raids on New Year's parties held in disregard of rules aimed at controlling the...

Opposition MP files complaint against police chief over inaction on strip-search claims

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, an MP from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and a human rights activist, has filed a criminal complaint against Mesut...

Turkey extends tenure of state of emergency commission for another year

The tenure of a commission set up by the Turkish government to examine complaints from people who were adversely affected by government decrees during...

Gov’t granted 128 permits for special tax exemptions to 5 construction companies in 10 years

The Turkish Trade Ministry granted 128 permits for special tax exemptions to five construction companies in the span of 10 years, a written answer...

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