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2 Turkish troops killed in Syria’s Idlib province: report

Two Turkish soldiers stationed in Syria’s Idlib province have been killed in separate attacks, according to the T24 news website. The Sivas Governor’s Office on Thursday announced...

Hospital confirms former Turkish Land Forces commander died of coronavirus

An İstanbul hospital has belatedly confirmed that retired Gen. Aytaç Yalman, former commander of the Turkish Land Forces who died at the age of 80 on Tuesday,...

Turkey aims to test 15,000 people per day for coronavirus: minister

Turkey hopes to step up coronavirus testing to some15,000 people per day, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in an address to parliament on Thursday. "More than 10,000...

Pro-gov’t Turkish news network TRT registers as foreign agent in the US: report

Turkish state broadcaster TRT has registered as a foreign agent in the United States, becoming the latest foreign government-linked news outlet to be listed under the same...

Second patient dies due to coronavirus, number of cases rises to 191: health minister

Turkey has announced the second death caused by the novel coronavirus, while the number of confirmed cases had increased to 191 as of Wednesday. “We have lost...

Fistfight erupts at Turkish mosque after imam refuses to perform group prayer due to coronavirus

A heated argument and brief altercation took place at a mosque in Turkey’s northwestern province of Sakarya after an imam declined attendees’ requests to perform a...

Turkey’s elderly population grew by 21.9 percent in 5 years

The number of people aged 65 and over increased by 21.9 percent between 2014 and 2019, reaching a total of 7.55 million people as of last...

Turkey announces first death due to coronavirus as number of cases reaches 98

Turkey’s health minister late on Tuesday announced the first death in the country related to the new coronavirus outbreak, adding that the number of cases had...

Prisoner on hunger strike forcibly fed, subjected to torture, lawyer reveals

Mustafa Koçak, who has been on a hunger strike for 254 days in an İzmir prison, was removed from his cell and brought to...

Dozens of Turks try to escape coronavirus quarantine

Dozens of Turkish citizens who recently returned from abroad have tried to escape the facilities where they were being kept under quarantine over suspicions of the...

Turkish parliament speaker denies deputies returning from Umrah avoided quarantine

Mustafa Şentop, the speaker of Turkey’s parliament, has denied allegations on social media that 17 deputies returning from Umrah in Saudi Arabia avoided quarantine, the TR724 news...

Ankara Municipality postpones payment of commercial rents amid coronavirus shutdowns

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş on Tuesday announced that the municipality has postponed commercial rents due the city for two months in a move aimed at relieving tenants...

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