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Jailed Turkish journalist begins hunger strike to protest prosecutor’s unlawful practices

Turkish journalist Ufuk Şanlı has started a hunger strike to protest what he describes as “unlawful practices“ by the prosecutor, the Stockholm Center for...

Prosecutor orders review of camera footage in search for missing Russian swimmer in Bosphorus race

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the collection of security footage from the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race as part of an investigation into the disappearance of...

US ambassador to Turkey visits coffee chain boycotted by opposition over gov’t ties

US Ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack on Monday visited a branch of a coffee chain that is on a protest-linked consumer boycott list initiated...

Turkish transport minister fined after video of him speeding sparks backlash

Turkish Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu admitted to speeding on a highway near Ankara after posting a video promoting government road projects, a...

Amnesty launches urgent action campaign to restore refugee status for Syrian man with HIV in Turkey

Amnesty International has launched an urgent action campaign urging Turkish authorities to reinstate the temporary protection status of a Syrian refugee whose legal rights...

Turkish authorities brand Azerbaijani student as a ‘foreign terrorist fighter’ over cafeteria protest

Turkish authorities have designated an Azerbaijani graduate student as a “foreign terrorist fighter” for participating in a peaceful protest over prices in the cafeteria...

Russian swimmer goes missing during Bosphorus cross-continental race in İstanbul

A Russian athlete went missing Sunday during the 37th Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race, a major annual open-water event organized by the Turkish National Olympic...

Turkish court blocks access to video chat app Azar

A Turkish court has ordered a ban on access to the popular video chat application Azar, which has a large user base in the...

European mayors to visit İstanbul in show of support for jailed İmamoğlu

European Parliament member Dario Nardella announced on social media over the weekend that a group of European mayors will travel to İstanbul this week...

Erdoğan’s wife calls on Melania Trump to speak up for Gaza’s children

Turkey's first lady wrote to her US counterpart, Melania Trump, on Friday, asking her to show the same concern for Gaza's children as she...

2 Dutch teens found dead in İstanbul hotel, father hospitalized

Two Dutch teenagers were found dead in their İstanbul hotel room and their father was hospitalized, Turkish media reported Saturday, with initial suspicion focusing...

Father seeking justice in daughter’s death released from prison after 38 days

Şaban Vatan, the father of Rabia Naz Vatan, whose suspicious death in 2018 remains unsolved, was released from prison on Thursday after 38 days...

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