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[UPDATE] Erdoğan backtracks on weekend curfew after public backlash

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday backtracked on extending weekend lockdowns following a public backlash, but warned about a rise in the number...

[UPDATE] Deputies ousted from parliament arrested the same day

Three ex-deputies who were stripped of their parliamentary status by a majority vote on Thursday were arrested by courts later in the day, according...

Turkey records 988 new coronavirus cases, death toll stands at 4,630

Turkey registered 988 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, bringing the total number to 167,410, according to a chart posted on Twitter by Health Minister...

Jailed Kurdish politician’s letter to family censored by prison management

A letter sent by jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş to his family was censored by the prison management, according to his wife. “Face to face...

NGO report sheds light on Turkey’s enforced disappearances

Solidarity with OTHERS, a Brussels-based human rights group, on Tuesday released a report on allegations of enforced disappearance in Turkey since 2016. The report, titled...

Turkey’s legislature strips 3 opposition deputies of parliamentary status: report

Turkey’s parliament stripped two pro-Kurdish lawmakers and one MP from the main opposition party of their parliamentary status on Thursday after convictions against them...

Health minister rules out second coronavirus wave, confirms 867 new cases

Turkey’s coronavirus cases increased by 867 to 166,422 on Wednesday, according to a chart posted on Twitter by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, who ruled...

Turkish police disperse small gathering to protest police violence in US

Police in İstanbul dispersed a small group of demonstrators who gathered on Tuesday to denounce police violence and to stand in solidarity with protesters...

Turkish journalist with heart condition returned to prison after testing positive for COVID-19

Çetin Çiftçi, a journalist incarcerated in Ankara’s Sincan Prison, reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 and was sent back to the prison on May 27...

Murder of Kurdish man sparks accusations of discrimination in Turkey: report

The murder of a 20-year-old Kurdish man in Ankara has launched a wave of accusations of discrimination in Turkey over the mistreatment of the...

786 new coronavirus cases reported in Turkey, death toll at 4,585

A total of 786 new coronavirus cases were reported in Turkey over the past day, bringing the total to 165,555, according to a chart...

Turkey resumes detention of Gülen followers as coronavirus measures eased

After a pause due to the coronavirus outbreak, Turkey returned to almost daily mass detentions of alleged followers of the faith-based Gülen movement, which...

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