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Elements of emergency rule have become law in Turkey, European Commission says

The European Commission (EC) has expressed serious concerns in its latest report on Turkey on the deterioration of democracy, the rule of law, fundamental...

UPDATE: Powerful Aegean earthquake claims 27 lives, injures hundreds in Turkey and Greek islands

At least 27 people died and more than 800 were injured in Turkey and the Greek islands when a strong earthquake hit the Aegean...

At least 12 dead, 419 injured in Turkey as magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits Aegean Sea

At least 12 people died and 419 were injured in Turkey’s western province of Izmir in a magnitude 6.6 earthquake that struck between the...

Inmate infected with COVID-19 in Turkey’s Silivri Prison: We have been left here to die

“They keep us here together in this overcrowded place, ruthlessly, and treat us worse than animals, leaving us here to die,” were the words...

Turkish first lady’s Hermès handbag in spotlight again after Erdoğan’s call to boycott French goods

Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdoğan’s French-made Hermès handbag has been thrust into the spotlight again as photos of her carrying the purse resurfaced online...

Turkey expands crackdown on folk music band famous for protest songs

Ankara’s crackdown on Grup Yorum, a folk collective with rotating band members, is continuing to expand even after two of its members died as...

‘Turkey is exporting censorship,’ says journalist denied access to funeral of Turkish historian in Romania

The staff of the Turkish Embassy in Bucharest on Tuesday prevented two Turkish journalists from reporting on the funeral of prominent Turkologist Mustafa Ali...

Head of NGO dissolved by France over allegations of extremism requests asylum from Erdoğan

Idriss Sihamedi, the founder and head of the BarakaCity Muslim charity association, has requested protection from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for himself and...

Destruction of the Turkish Central Bank’s independence explained

Turhan Bozkurt The Central Bank of Turkey (TCMB) started losing its independence after Durmuş Yılmaz left the post of governor in 2010. Yılmaz, who now...

Health minister urges reducing contact as Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll exceeds 10,000

Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll has reached 10,027 as the country’s most highly populated city of Istanbul is seeing a 62 percent weekly surge in...

Soldiers stripped and handcuffed in barn after 2016 putsch bid acquitted of coup charges

Cevheri Güven Mutlu Gülerce, one of a group of soldiers kept handcuffed and stripped down to their underwear in a barn after an attempted coup...

Turkey to introduce women-only universities in 2021 despite activists’ criticism

The Turkish government has announced plans to build universities exclusively for female students as part of its 2021 Presidential Annual Program, published in the...

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