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Mavi Marmara victim’s wife says rally not for Jerusalem but for elections

A public rally being held in İstanbul today upon a call from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to condemn the violence that erupted after...

Kurdish journalist given ‘Human Rights Defenders at Risk’ award in Dublin

Irish human rights organization Front Line Defenders has named Kurdish journalist Nurcan Baysal its Global Laureate for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for 2018,...

Spokesman: No plans to restart process to resolve Turkey’s ‘Kurdish problem’

The Turkish government has no plans to restart a process aimed at bringing a resolution to the country’s so-called “Kurdish problem,” a presidential spokesman...

42.1 percent think Turkish lira lost value due to a foreign plot against Turkey

According to a recent poll, 42.1 percent of the Turkish public believes that the loss in value of the Turkish lira against the US...

[ANALYSIS] Turkish opposition should take foreign policy issues seriously

As Turkey heads to crucial presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, it has become clear that opposition party candidates’ campaigns lack any foreign...

HDP deputy Paylan may lose immunity due to remarks on 1915 incidents

Pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul deputy Garo Paylan, who is of Armenian origin, faces the risk of losing his parliamentary immunity as Turkish...

MHP deputy argues two-thirds of nationalists won’t vote for Erdoğan

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) İstanbul deputy Atilla Kaya has claimed that two-thirds of MHP supporters will not vote for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in...

HDP presidential candidate Demirtaş discloses list of personal assets

The pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party’s (HDP) presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş, who has been in pretrial detention since November 2016, has declared his personal assets...

Journalist Şık resigns from Cumhuriyet, reveals candidacy plan for Parliament

Cumhuriyet daily journalist Ahmet Şık, who was recently released after spending around 500 days in jail, has announced his resignation from the Cumhuriyet daily...

Detention warrants issued for 101 Turkish Air Forces officers

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday issued detention warrants for 101 members of the Turkish Air Forces over links to the Gülen...

Wife says jailed presidential candidate Demirtaş holding one-person rally in prison

Başak Demirtaş, the wife of jailed pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Selahattin Demirtaş, who is running as his party’s presidential candidate in Turkey’s...

Turkish president, PM use TL 747 million from discretionary funds in Q1

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım have used a total of TL 747 million (around $170 million) from discretionary funds...

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