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Jailed former deputy Erdem ends hunger strike

Eren Erdem, a former deputy from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), on Tuesday ended a hunger strike he had started in protest...

Erdoğan says Treasury to take over Turkey’s largest lender, İşbank

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday announced that the nation’s largest listed bank, Türkiye İş Bankası (İşbank), would be transferred to the Treasury. The...

Journalist reveals document destroying gov’t narrative about July 15

An official document obtained by a Turkish journalist who currently lives in exile has increased suspicions about the way the Turkish government presents a...

Turkish court rules to keep journalist Baransu in prison

A Turkish court on Monday ruled for a continuation of the imprisonment of journalist Mehmet Baransu, a former correspondent for the now-defunct Taraf newspaper,...

Turkish teacher appeals cancelation of assignment over protest attendance

A teacher has appealed the cancelation of his assignment to a public school by the Turkish Education Ministry due to his attendance at street...

Erdoğan’s mafia leader ally calls on supporters to take up arms

Turkish mafia leader Sedat Peker, a devotee of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, called on his supporters to arm themselves in anticipation of Turkey’s...

President Erdoğan equates Turkey’s Kurdish political party to terrorist PKK

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sunday told state broadcaster TRT News that he considers the Kurdish political movement’s People’s Democratic Party (HDP) the...

Erdoğan to further curb Turkish parliament: pro-gov’t daily

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and several officials from his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are preparing to introduce a system change that...

Newborn with heart disease sent back to jail with mother

A newborn baby diagnosed with heart disease was returned along with his mother to a Turkish jail on Saturday despite doctors’ objections, the Aktif...

Columnist fired after claiming former first lady suspicious of assassination plot

Talat Atilla, a columnist for the pro-government Milliyet daily, was fired after writing a piece a on Jan. 27 claiming that former first lady...

Jailed Kurdish politician Demirtaş nominated for 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

Former co-chairperson of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been jailed in Turkey since November 2016, has been nominated for...

2 jailed Kurdish politicians given lengthy prison sentences

Former co-mayor of the Diyarbakır Municipality Gültan Kışanak and pro–Kurdish Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chairperson Sebahat Tuncel have been given sentences ranging between 14...

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