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Erdoğan spends record $430 mln from state budget in first 5 months of 2019

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has spent a record amount of TL 2.5 billion ($430 million) from the state budget in the first five months of...

Kurdish airport worker commits suicide over social exclusion due to ethnic roots

A Kurdish security guard working at İstanbul Airport committed suicide on Monday evening, jumping from an elevated area in an airport terminal and indicating the social exclusion...

Turkey orders detention of 168 as part of post-coup crackdown on Gülen movement

Turkish prosecutors in İzmir, Konya and Ankara provinces issued detention warrants for 168 people as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting followers of the faith-based Gülen...

Purge victim teacher takes own life in Denizli

Canan Ş., one of the thousands of teachers who were fired by the Turkish government due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement, committed suicide...

CNN Türk sold to pro-gov’t media group: report

The Turkish franchise of CNN International, CNN Türk, owned by the Demirören Group, has been sold to the pro-government Turkuvaz Media Group, according to a report...

Finance minister sends thank you note to businessman convicted of Gülen links

Turkey’s Finance Minister Berat Albayrak has sent a thank you note to businessman Hüseyin Nuri Çomu, who was convicted of terrorism due to his alleged links...

10 guns owned by Turkish state broadcaster went missing: opposition deputy

Ten guns owned by the state-run Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) İzmir Regional Directorate have gone missing and no investigation has been launched into their whereabouts,...

Erdoğan says İmamoğlu can’t become mayor unless he apologizes to governor

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said opposition candidate for İstanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu cannot assume the post if he does not apologize to a governor...

Turkey’s communist party to boycott İstanbul election

The Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) released a written statement on Monday, calling on its base to boycott the repeat mayoral election in İstanbul scheduled for June...

46 percent of viewers say opposition’s İmamoğlu more successful in TV debate

Forty-six percent of viewers found opposition İstanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu “more successful” than the ruling party’s Binali Yıldırım in a TV debate aired on Sunday,...

NBA star Kanter’s father to appear in court over Gülen ties

NBA star Enes Kanter’s father will appear in court on Tuesday on charges of membership in the faith-based Gülen movement, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Mehmet...

İstanbul mayoral candidates face off in TV debate for next week’s election

The two leading contenders for İstanbul mayor faced off in a political debate Sunday, a week before the city is set to hold a repeat of...

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