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[OPINION] Who is behind Erdoğan?

Mehmet Efe Çaman When the Cold War ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, some soldiers in the Turkish military thought Ankara...

Turkey top jailer of female journalists, CPJ announces on International Women’s Day

Turkey is the world’s top jailer of female journalists with 14 in prison, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) announced on March 8, International...

Turkey ranks 85th in economic equality for women: World Bank

In a report recently released by the World Bank, Turkey ranked 85th out of 187 countries in terms of equal economic rights for women,...

15,034 women murdered in Turkey during 17-year-long AKP rule

A total of 15,034 women have been murdered in Turkey since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002, according to...

Half a million people in Turkey subject to prosecution over Gülen links: ministry

According to Ministry of Justice statistics, the total number of Turkish citizens who have faced investigation since July 2016 over links to the faith-based...

Turkish entertainment TV station suspends broadcasting, claiming political pressure

Turkey’s second oldest private TV station, Flash TV, an entertainment outlet, has announced a self-imposed suspension of broadcasting for two months, claiming heavy political...

Turkish court releases mother and newborn with heart disease from jail

A Turkish court in Erzurum province on Thursday released a mother who was sent back to jail after delivering a baby with heart disease...

Deputy: 4-year-old on antidepressants to cope with separation from jailed parents

Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and human rights activist Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu brought up the case of a purge victim family in parliament on...

Islam is compatible with democracy, ‘Islamic state’ is an oxymoron, Gülen writes in Le Monde

US-based Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen has said there is no incompatibility between democratic and Islamic values, adding that an “Islamic state” would be...

[OPINION] The time has come for a new EU strategy for Turkey

Mehmet Efe Çaman COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION, two carrots of the European Union, are considered influential and effective policy tools that enable the transformation of candidate and associated...

Prosecutor seeks aggravated life for Kavala, 15 others over Gezi protests

An indictment that has just been submitted to an İstanbul high criminal court demands aggravated life – imprisonment without the chance of parole --...

State news agency runs story warning Turkish families of ‘dangers’ of K-Pop culture

Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency on Friday ran a story warning parents about the “dangers” of South Korean-based K-Pop (Korean pop) music bands, which...

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