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Erdoğan denies claims Turkey will hand rare earth reserves to foreign countries

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has denied claims that Turkey plans to hand over control of its rare earth reserves in the central province...

Turkey tops OECD in youth disengagement, ranks last in Europe for graduate employment

Nearly one in three young people in Turkey is neither working nor studying, the highest rate among members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation...

Iranian Kurdish dissident in İstanbul dies from gunshot wounds: reports

An Iranian Kurdish dissident has died after being shot while walking home in İstanbul, Turkish media reported on Wednesday, in what rights groups described...

Turkey moves to criminalize behavior ‘contrary to biological sex,’ alarming LGBTQ+ community

Turkey’s government is drafting a judicial reform bill that would impose prison sentences on people who publicly promote or depict gender identities or expressions...

Turkey sees lowest rainfall in 52 years, weather agency warns

Turkey has recorded its lowest rainfall levels in more than five decades, according to a report released by the General Directorate of Meteorology, part...

Int’l press groups urge full probe into killing of Turkish environmental journalist

International press organizations have joined local press groups in strongly condemning a fatal attack on journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun and urged Turkish...

Prosecutors seek prison sentence for acting İstanbul mayor over courthouse incident

An indictment has been filed against Nuri Aslan, the acting mayor of İstanbul, on charges of “attempting to prevent the performance of duty,” for...

Turkey orders detention of 29 over alleged Gülen links in continuing crackdown

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 29 people over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement in two separate investigations, the Stockholm Center...

European rights court says Turkey violated rights of Kurdish politician

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey had violated multiple provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights in...

Turkish environmental journalist dies after brutal attack in İstanbul

Turkish journalist and environmental activist Hakan Tosun died on Monday after being violently attacked in İstanbul last week, sparking grief and demands for justice...

Turkish far-right leader calls for recognition of Alevi cemevis as houses of worship

The leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers preventing the recognition of cemevis, Alevi houses...

Germany-based culture association chair barred from entering Turkey to attend father’s funeral

The head of a Germany-based cultural association focused on Kurdish and Alevi history says he was denied entry to Turkey and deported after being...

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