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Top Turkish imam under the spotlight after he fails to understand Modern Standard Arabic

The head of Turkey's religious authority is under the spotlight after he failed to understand a journalist's question in Modern Standard Arabic, which is...

Families of victims vow to continue fight after court convicts 9 over Çorlu train disaster

A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced nine railroad officials to varying prison terms in connection with a 2018 train derailment that killed 25 people...

ICU patients left to die in undamaged hospital in quake-stricken Hatay: report

Authorities at a hospital in the southern Turkish province of Hatay, which was hit by two major earthquakes last year, allegedly left some 20 patients...

Prosecutor demands sentences for journalists in retrial due to Gülen links

A public prosecutor in the retrial of seven journalists has demanded prison sentences for them on terrorism-related charges due to their alleged links to...

Amnesty slammed for ignoring plight of Gülen movement members in new report

Amnesty International has been criticized for overlooking systematic violations against people associated with Gülen movement, a faith-based group outlawed by Ankara, in its 2024...

Turkey again bans event to commemorate Armenian ‘genocide’ victims during WWI

The İstanbul Governor’s Office has again banned a commemoration ceremony scheduled for today in memory of the Armenians who were killed during a mass...

Turkey’s education ministry snubs EU auditors: report

The European Union's auditors were denied data by Ankara on EU funds going towards educating refugees in Turkey, posing accountability questions, the Brussels-based EUobserver...

Ailing Kurdish woman incarcerated again after ATK finds her ‘fit to remain in prison’

Makbule Özer, an ailing 83-year-old Kurdish woman, was jailed for a second time on Monday after a medical report issued by Turkey’s Council of...

9 Kurdish journalists detained in police raids in Turkey

Turkish police conducted a series of coordinated home raids in Ä°stanbul, Ankara and southeastern Urfa province on Tuesday, resulting in the detention of nine...

Crackdown on Kurdish media, association: police raid in Belgium, 8 detained in France

Bünyamin Tekin French police raided a pro-Kurdish association and detained eight people, while Belgian police raided Kurdish media outlets, confiscating press materials at the request...

US lists widespread human rights violations in Turkey in annual report

An annual human rights report from the US State Department has exposed the human rights abuses frequently faced by a wide range of people...

Finance minister denies insulting Turkish people, says his remarks were distorted

Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet ÅžimÅŸek, who found himself at the heart of a controversy due to his reference to the Turkish people in an...

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