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Turkey arrests social media user who threatened wife of jailed Kurdish politician

A Turkish criminal court in Sakarya province on Tuesday arrested a man who on social media threatened Başak Demirtaş, the wife of imprisoned Kurdish...

Turkey makes face masks compulsory in 42 provinces: minister

Turkey has made the wearing of face masks mandatory in five more provinces, following an uptick in COVID-19 cases, The Associated Press reported. Health Minister...

Turkey’s daily coronavirus numbers keep rising with 1,592 new cases in single day

Turkey’s new coronavirus cases continued to increase on Monday, rising to 1,592 in a single day from 786 on June 2, according to a...

Mother of 2 detained by police for second time over Gülen links

Yasemin Baltacı, 29, a mother of two, was detained again on Monday in Turkey’s Tekirdağ province as part of an investigation into the faith-based...

Turkey releases 6 journalists after top appeals court overturns sentences

The İstanbul 25th High Criminal Court on Monday released journalists Ahmet Memiş, Cemal Kalyoncu, Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu, Ünal Tanık, Yakup Çetin and Yetkin Yıldız,...

Scientist warns of new measures after Turkey reports increase in COVID-19 cases

Professor Levent Yamanel, a member of Turkey’s scientific board advising the government on COVID-19, said the country might adopt new measures including curfews, the...

Police detain 10 in HDP march protesting ousting of party members from parliament

Police intervened and detained 10 people in a march launched on Monday by Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to protest the stripping of...

Ministry seizes elderly woman’s house she donated to Gülen-linked foundation

Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry seized the house of an 87-year-old woman in the western province of Manisa because she donated it to a...

5.7 magnitude earthquake jolts eastern Turkey, leaving one person dead

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 shook Bingöl province in eastern Turkey on Sunday, leaving one person dead and 18 others injured, according...

COVID-19 infections continue to rise in Turkey after loosening of restrictions

The daily number of infections caused by the novel coronavirus has continued to rise in Turkey since restrictions were loosened on June 1, as...

Signature campaign launched for release of jailed journalist suffering from cancer

A signature campaign has been launched on the change.org website demanding the release of journalist Mevlüt Öztaş, who was diagnosed with cancer while in...

Investigations to be launched into critics of presidential online concerts

Individuals who make critical comments about online concerts by famous Turkish singers organized by the Communications Directorate of the presidential office, will face investigation,...

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