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Turkey detains local Kurdish politicians in Gaziantep, Diyarbakır

The police on Tuesday detained 33 people in early morning raids in Gaziantep including local officials of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) as...

Hagia Sophia mosaics to be covered during prayers: AKP spokesman

Mosaics in İstanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia will be covered by curtains or lasers during Muslim prayers, the spokesman for Turkey's ruling Justice and Development...

Turkish Cypriot rights groups call for investigation after police fire at refugee boat

Turkish Cypriot human rights groups on Friday called for an investigation after police reportedly fired their weapons at a boat that had ferried 30...

Turkey’s coronavirus cases increase by 1,008, death toll at 5,382

Turkey registered 1,008 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the total number to 214,001, while 19 more people have died of the disease, according...

Turkey’s 2016-2018 state of emergency a ‘social genocide program’: report

Turkey’s state of emergency from 2016 to 2018 took a heavy toll on some 1.5 million citizens, turning into a “social genocide program,” according...

[UPDATE] Death toll from sunken migrant boat in Lake Van reaches 50

Fifty bodies have been recovered from a migrant boat that sank in eastern Turkey’s Lake Van as efforts to locate victims of the accident...

Former Turkish judge beaten by guards in prison, daughter reveals

Hüsamettin Uğur, a former member of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals who has been isolated in a one-person cell in a Kırıkkale prison since...

3 suspects detained over forest fire on İstanbul’s Heybeliada: report

Three suspects have been detained as part of an investigation into a forest fire that broke out on Heybeliada, one of the Princes' Islands...

Turkey to appoint 2 imams, 4 muezzins to Hagia Sophia

Two imams and four muezzins will be appointed to the ancient Hagia Sophia in İstanbul, which last week was converted back into a mosque...

Pro-gov’t journalist says Hagia Sophia move should be followed by restoration of caliphate

TV presenter Fatin Dağıstanlı, who works for the pro-government Akit TV, has called for the restoration of the caliphate following a recent decision by...

Turkey records 1,012 new COVID-19 cases, 19 more deaths

Turkey registered 1,012 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total number to 212,993, while 19 more people have died of the disease, according...

Erdoğan previously described calls for Hagia Sophia’s conversion to mosque a ‘trap’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who on Friday signed a decree converting the ancient Hagia Sophia in İstanbul to a mosque, a year ago...

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