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4 LeMan magazine staff members freed in controversial cartoon case

A Turkish court has released four staff members of the LeMan satirical magazine who were jailed over a cartoon deemed insulting to religious values,...

Top court rejects all but one rights violation in case of 2015 killing of Kurdish woman

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has dismissed nearly all allegations of rights violations in the case of a Kurdish woman whose body was left lying in...

Qur’an instructor imprisoned in Turkey over alleged Gülen links amid ongoing crackdown

A former Qur’an instructor was sent to prison last week in western Turkey on conviction of membership in a terrorist organization due to her...

Turkey eases pistachio import rules ahead of Erdoğan–Trump meeting

Turkey eased restrictions on pistachio imports, in a move that has attracted criticism from local growers, days before President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s scheduled meeting...

Pro-gov’t columnists appointed to run Can Holding media group after gov’t seizure

Two columnists from pro-government newspapers have been appointed to manage media outlets seized earlier this month from Can Holding in a money-laundering probe, the...

Turkey opens antitrust probe into Spotify over pricing and playlist practices

Turkey’s competition authority said Thursday it has opened an investigation into Spotify to assess possible discriminatory practices and predatory pricing in the country’s online...

Turkey breaks up crime ring accused of staging fake property sales to secure citizenship for foreigners

Turkish authorities have dismantled a crime syndicate accused of arranging fraudulent real estate sales to help hundreds of foreigners obtain citizenship, Interior Minister Ali...

Moldovan migrant worker dies after brutal assault in İstanbul leather workshop

Nicolai Palamarciuc, a Moldovan national working in Turkey, died after being bound and brutally beaten by the relatives of his employer in İstanbul’s Başakşehir...

Lawyer indicted for ‘targeting public officials’ in social media post

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment against lawyer Burak Saldıroğlu over a social media post in which he criticized İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor Akın...

Turkish reporter indicted for exposing mistreatment in deportation centers

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment against Feyza Nur Çalıkoğlu, a journalist for the Karar news website, following her investigative report on alleged abuse...

UK report cites prosecutions, torture claims, overseas renditions in Turkey’s crackdown on Gülen movement

The UK Home Office has issued a fresh version of its guidance for asylum caseworkers on Turkey’s Gülen movement, once again underscoring mass prosecutions,...

Court orders halt to CHP’s İstanbul congress despite election authority approval

A local court in İstanbul has ordered the suspension of the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) extraordinary provincial congress, defying a ruling by...

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