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Armenian church in İstanbul vandalized with threatening messages

Threats were spray painted on the outer walls of the Balat Surp Hreşdagabet Armenian church in İstanbul over the weekend, the Diken news website...

Opposition deputy says inmates in Turkish prison deliberately deprived of water

Human rights activist and deputy from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said on web TV on Saturday that water is deliberately...

Syrian families in Mardin receive threatening letters with bullets

Seven Syrian refugee families living in Turkey’s southeastern Mardin province recently received threatening letters accompanied by bullets. The Mezopotamya news agency reported on Sunday that...

Turkey’s Communist Party nominates headscarved woman as mayoral candidate

The Turkish Communist Party (TKP) has nominated a headscarved woman for mayoral elections due to be held on March 31. Fatma Akın, a textile worker,...

Kurdish journalist and artist Zehra Doğan released from prison

Zehra Doğan, an artist and journalist for the now-closed a Kurdish news agency (JİNHA), was released on Sunday after two years, nine months and...

ODTÜ stipulates academic must visit Erdoğan if wins TÜBİTAK award

The rector’s office of Turkey’s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) has stipulated that an academic who has been nominated for an award given by...

Former deputy PM says former AKP heavyweights establishing new party ‘unforgivable’

Bülent Arınç, a former deputy prime minister and one of the co-founders of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said he will...

CHP deputy might be investigated over ‘insulting’ remarks about minister

A Turkish prosecutor has prepared a summary of proceedings against main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Mehmet  Bekaroğlu, who harshly criticized Turkey’s interior...

Turkey’s top prosecutor launches closure case against 4 Kurdish parties

The chief prosecutor at Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals, Mehmet Akarca, has filed a closure case against four Kurdish parties in Turkey accusing them...

27 academics get 57 years in total for signing peace declaration

Twenty-seven academics have been handed down sentences totaling 57 years, 11 months and five days on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in signing a...

Erdoğan claims Gülen coined CHP’s election slogans, PKK determined candidates

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed at an election rally on Friday that the election slogans of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP)...

Harassed student says she has safety concerns after minister targeted her

Merve Demirel, whose apparent sexual harassment by a police officer last weekend in Ankara was captured on camera, said on Friday she is concerned...

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