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Turkey’s banks reluctant to finance Erdoğan’s ‘crazy’ canal project: report

Some of Turkey’s biggest banks are reluctant to finance President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s planned İstanbul canal due to environmental concerns and the investment risks...

Far-right MP attacks Armenian lawmaker, threatens another genocide

A far-right, independent member of the Turkish Parliament has threatened a Turkish-Armenian lawmaker with facing yet another genocide amid debates over the recent recognition...

24 journalists detained, 4 arrested in Turkey in first quarter of 2021: report

Turkey arrested four members of the press in addition to detaining 24 others in the first three months of 2021, with COVID-19 adding to...

Turkey’s Armenians keep heads down after genocide recognition

Members of Turkey's tiny Armenian community have kept a low profile since US President Joe Biden recognized the Armenian genocide, fearing retribution should they...

Turkish court frees abused woman who killed husband

A Turkish woman who shot and killed her husband after years of violent abuse has been freed by a court that ruled that she...

More than 13,000 underage marriages took place in Turkey last year: report

A total of 13,740 underage marriages took place in Turkey in 2020, according to a report published by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on Friday, the...

Jailed journalist Ahmet Böken contracts COVID-19 in prison

Ali Ahmet Böken, 49, a veteran Turkish journalist and prominent broadcaster who has been in prison over alleged links to the Gülen movement since...

Opposition MP proposes Turkish parliament declare massacre of Armenians a genocide

Garo Paylan, an Armenian lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), on Saturday submitted a motion asking the Turkish parliament to declare the...

UN working group prioritizes case of doctoral student jailed in Turkey

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions (WGAD) accepted as “urgent” a petition from Cihan Erdal, 32, a doctoral student at Canada’s Carleton...

MEPs recommend suspending EU talks if negative trend is not reversed in Turkey

Members of the European Parliament in a report adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) on Thursday called on the European Commission to...

Turkey to begin producing Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Turkey will begin producing Sputnik V, Russia's vaccine against COVID-19, in the coming months, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced in a statement...

Turkey eyes tighter lockdown to save tourism season: report

Turkey’s cabinet will discuss imposing a tighter lockdown on Monday as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan tries to prevent a second year of lost tourism...

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