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Ruling AKP will rig next elections, opposition leader claims

Felicity Party (SP) leader Temel Karamollaoğlu has claimed that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will interfere with the outcome of the next...

Hackers broadcast left-wing Italian song ‘Bella Ciao’ from minaret loudspeakers in İzmir

Video footage circulating on Turkish media on Wednesday showed the leftist Italian revolutionary song “Bella Ciao” being broadcast from several mosques in the city...

Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases fall below 1,000: minister

The number of new cases of COVID-19 identified in the last 24 hours fell below 1,000 in Turkey, marking a change in the country’s...

İstanbul mayor files criminal complaint against interior minister over investigations targeting him

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has filed a criminal complaint against Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu and an inspector from the ministry over an administrative investigation targeting his...

Turkish prisoners report shortage of tests, food amid COVID-19 outbreak

Although Turkish officials are insisting there are no serious problems involving the coronavirus outbreak in prisons, a number of complaints from inmates have recently surfaced, indicating...

Iranian in Turkey briefly detained for hanging towel bearing British flag on balcony

An Iranian national living in Turkey’s Kayseri province was briefly taken into police custody on Wednesday morning after complaints from his neighbors that he hung a...

Turkey’s unusual pandemic response has paid off: officials

Instead of global coronavirus testing, Turkey has based its pandemic response on partial lockdowns and work by armies of contact tracers who identify people possibly infected...

Some 9,700 Turks repatriated from abroad still in quarantine: minister

At least 9,700 Turkish citizens are in quarantine as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Youth and Sports Minister Mehmet Kasapoğlu said...

Turkey has less than 30,000 active coronavirus cases, minister says

Turkey, as of Tuesday, had less than 30,000 active coronavirus cases, according to a chart posted on Twitter by Health Minister Fahrettin Koca. The number of confirmed...

TBB, 80 Turkish bar associations oppose gov’t plan to amend law on lawyers

The Turkish Bar Association (TBB) and 80 bar associations across the country have released a joint statement calling for an end to the government’s attempts to...

Rising youth unemployment discourages young people from seeking jobs: report

The youth unemployment rate is on the rise in Turkey, with many young people abandoning the search for a job, a joint report by the Platform...

One-third of Turks received public assistance in the last year: report

An estimated 34 percent of the Turkish population received public assistance in the last year, a number that is expected to increase as the COVID-19 pandemic continues...

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