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49 women murdered in August in Turkey

Forty-nine women were murdered across Turkey in August, according to a monthly report by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform. Of the 49 victims, 14 were killed by...

Erdoğan sees 10-point drop in approval rating in a year: poll

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s job approval rating has dropped 10 points over the past year, according to a survey conducted by the Ankara-based MetroPOLL polling...

Turkish minister claims US provided $22 million in aid to LGBT foundation in Ankara

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has claimed that the United States has provided financial aid in the amount of $22 million to a LGBT foundation in...

Turkish colonel purged from military dies of heart attack at age 45

Ömer Guni, a former colonel who was dismissed from the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) by a government decree during a two-year-long state of emergency, has died...

Turkey sentences 41 ex-mayors from Kurdish party to nearly 260 years in prison

The Turkish Ministry of Interior has announced in a statement that 41 former mayors who were removed from office and replaced by government-appointed trustees between July 2016...

Interior minister targets İstanbul mayor for support of Kurdish mayors removed from office

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has targeted İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu for a visit to Diyarbakır where he met with Kurdish mayors who have been removed...

Netflix will stay in Turkey after new Internet broadcasting rules announced

US online streaming service Netflix has applied for a license to continue operating in Turkey under new online broadcasting rules, the head of the country’s television...

2 Kurdish mayors challenge Interior Ministry’s expulsion decision in court

Two out of three mayors in southeastern Turkey who were recently expelled from office by Turkey’s Interior Ministry on the grounds that they have links to...

AKP moves to expel 4 members including former PM Davutoğlu from party

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has taken action to expel four members including former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who is planning to establish a...

RTÜK begins supervision of Internet broadcasting in Turkey

A newly passed regulation authorizing Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to exercise vast powers over online streaming services took effect as of Monday, the BirGün...

Child abuse in religious school in Turkey leads to public outcry

More than 20 minors were allegedly subjected to sexual abuse by instructors at a religious school in İstanbul, according to a report on Sunday by the...

Malaysian human rights group says deportation of Turkish family ‘wrong and unjust’

A Malaysian human rights group has said the deportation of Arif Komiş and his family to Turkey upon a request from Ankara, which claimed they were...

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