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Turkish court arrests Jordanian accused of espionage for the UAE

A Turkish court has arrested Ahmed al-Astal, a Jordanian citizen who was recently detained by Turkish intelligence officers and counterterrorism police over alleged spying...

Looming showdown in Idlib? Turkey leaves isolated military posts, reinforces safer ones

Turkey has started withdrawing from military posts in Syria’s northeastern Idlib region that were surrounded by Damascus-controlled territory, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

Trial of police officers accused of killing Kurdish human rights lawyer begins

The trial of three police officers charged with the fatal shooting of Tahir Elçi, a prominent Kurdish human rights lawyer who was shot in...

Rate of inflation in Turkey higher than officially announced: independent economists

Turkey’s rate of inflation in September is almost four times higher than the officially announced figure, according to an independent group of academics who...

Turkish prisoner’s death is suspicious, family says

Serkan Tumay, who passed away in Kirikkale F Type Prison on Saturday, died due to injuries inflicted by continuous assault and torture by prison...

Turkish police detain 2 out of 11 judges and prosecutors dismissed over Gülen links

Two of 11 Turkish judges and prosecutors dismissed from the legal profession due to alleged affiliation with the Gülen movement, which is deemed by...

Family of Kurdish man concerned about his whereabouts after enforced disappearance by Turkish intel agents

The family of Bahtiyar Fırat, from the Kurdish-majority province of Hakkari, is concerned about his whereabouts after he was allegedly abducted by Turkey’s National...

US offers Greece deal to co-produce frigates

The United States is offering Greece a deal to co-produce three frigates out of four American-made naval vessels should the country decide to buy...

Right out of ISIL playbook: Turkish police tortured me as if it were a religious duty

Cevheri Güven “They were torturing me as if they were performing a religious duty, just like ISIL does.” Mehmet Eren, a former teacher exposed...

[OPINION] Erdoğan scores a win in Turkish Cypriot presidential election

Cevheri Güven Turkish-backed Prime Minister Ersin Tatar has won out over internationally supported President Mustafa Akıncı in the presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern...

Unofficial Saudi embargo on Turkey gains momentum after Erdoğan’s ‘hostile’ remarks

A months-long unofficial embargo imposed by Saudi Arabia on Turkish goods has gained momentum in response to what the head of a local chamber...

Toll of neglect in Turkish prisons: Ex-colonel buried by family after 4 years in jail with congestive heart failure

The family of Barış Avıalan, a former colonel who had been in jail on coup charges since July 18, 2016 in the wake of...

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