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İstanbul added another half million to population in 2019: TurkStat

Turkey’s population numbered 83.15 million as of end of 2019, indicating a 1.39 percent rise year-on-year, and İstanbul maintained its rank as the largest city of...

Turks evacuated from China show no signs of coronavirus: health minister

Turkey's health minister on Sunday announced that the test results of 42 evacuees airlifted from Wuhan, China -- the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak -- would...

Imprisoned Turkish musician on death fast calls for justice

İbrahim Gökçek, jailed Turkish musician and a member of the leftist Grup Yorum band, gave an interview from his prison cell to the Cumhuriyet newspaper in...

Turkish man detained while trying to send protest letter to Erdoğan

Nuri Başkapan was detained at a notary’s office in İstanbul on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while trying to send him a notarized letter...

Erdoğan’s public approval rating dropped to 41.9 pct in January

The public approval rating of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dropped to 41.9 percent in January from 43.7 percent in December, according to the MetroPOLL polling company. While 46...

Turkish gov’t refuses to provide aid to earthquake victim due to jailed husband

The Turkish government has refused to provide aid to a woman whose apartment was hit by a strong earthquake on Jan. 24 due to her husband’s...

Top court says demanding freedom for jailed PKK leader is free speech

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that demanding the release from prison of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and launching a campaign to agitate for...

Erdoğan orders release of elderly man convicted of involvement in 1993 Sivas massacre

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used his constitutional power to commute the sentence of a man who was serving an aggravated life sentence...

OHAL commission had rejected 88,700 out of 126,300 applications by end of 2019

A commission set up by the Turkish government to look into complaints from individuals who were adversely affected by government decrees during a state of emergency...

27 students get jail sentences for protesting Turkish military operation in Afrin

An İstanbul court has handed down prison sentences to 27 students from Turkey’s prestigious Boğaziçi University on terrorism charges due to a protest they staged against...

Turkey’s health minister says no coronavirus detected in country: report

No cases of coronavirus have been found so far in Turkey, the country's health minister said on Friday, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency. Speaking...

CHP brochure reveals extent of AKP favoritism in public institutions

A brochure drafted by Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi, deputy chairperson of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has shown how the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)...

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