23.8 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

National

Angry nationalist mob threatens to vandalize grave of late Grup Yorum musician

An angry mob of Turkish nationalists late on Sunday arrived at the grave of İbrahim Gökçek, a member of the Grup Yorum band who died after...

Number of inmates with coronavirus in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison increases to 191: deputy

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, an opposition member of the Turkish parliament and a rights activist, tweeted late on Sunday that eight inmates from İstanbul’s notorious...

Policeman attempting to detain disabled child in SE Turkey leads to outrage

A video showing a police officer chasing children down by firing his gun and attempting to detain a mentally challenged child during a curfew in the...

47 more people die of COVID-19 in Turkey, number of cases now at 138,657

Forty-seven more people have died of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Sunday, while the total number of cases...

Man attempts to torch gate of Armenian church in İstanbul

A man attempted to set fire to the gate of the Dznunt Surp Asdvadzadzni Church in İstanbul's Bakırköy district on Friday morning, according to...

Pro-Erdoğan writer sparks outrage with plans to massacre neighbors in event of coup attempt

The remarks of a writer who is a staunch supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have sent shock waves across Turkey as she said she...

50 more people die of COVID-19 in Turkey, number of cases reaches 137,115

Fifty more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Saturday, while the total number of...

State-run bank cancels client’s credit card due to dismissal from state job in post-coup purge

Turkey’s state-run Halkbank has admitted that it canceled a credit card last year due to the fact that the owner of the card was dismissed from...

44 inmates in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison test positive for COVID-19

Forty-four inmates in İstanbul’s Silivri Prison have tested positive for COVID-19, the chief public prosecutor’s office announced on Friday, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. Two of...

Turkey reports lowest daily number of COVID-19 deaths in weeks

Turkey on Friday reported 48 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours — the lowest number of daily fatalities in more than a...

Another member of Grup Yorum band dies after hunger strike

Another member of a popular, left-wing folk music group that is banned in Turkey has died after he ended a hunger strike in protest of the...

Number of coronavirus cases hits 133,721, death toll at 3,641: Turkish minister

Turkey’s coronavirus death toll reached 3,641 on Thursday, while the number of cases increased by 1,977 to 133,721, according to a chart posted on Twitter by...

Latest news