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MetroPoll survey shows decline in ruling AKP’s electoral support

A survey conducted by the Ankara-based MetroPoll showed a decline in nationwide support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party...

Turkish commentator taken off air after mentioning Erdoğan ex-football star foe

A football announcer for Turkey's public broadcaster TRT was taken off the air while commentating on a 2022 FIFA World Cup match after he...

Turkish opposition party leader plans to meet with Syrian President Assad

Meral Akşener, leader of the nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party, plans to meet with President Bashar al-Assad in Syria to talk about ensuring the...

Concern rises as new Turkish media law squeezes dissent

A new law gives Turkey fresh ammunition to censor the media and silence dissent ahead of elections in which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans...

22 detained in Turkey over alleged Gülen links

Turkish police on Wednesday detained 22 people including former military and police officers as part of two separate operations targeting alleged members of the...

Mob boss Peker claims Turkish interior minister visited UAE to request his extradition: report

Notorious Turkish mob boss Sedat Peker, who lives in exile in the UAE, has told people in his close circle that Turkish Interior Minister...

UN committee faults Turkey in case of teacher who died in custody after arrest over Gülen links

The United Nations Human Rights Committee on Wednesday released its decision concerning an application submitted on behalf of a teacher who was allegedly tortured...

Turkey freezes assets of 21 individuals, organizations allegedly linked to ISIL

Turkey has frozen the assets of 17 people and four organizations under Law No. 6415 on the Prevention of the Financing of Terrorism, local...

Erdoğan spokesman cuts off interview with Swedish journalist, alleges ‘dishonest journalism’

İbrahim Kalın, the spokesperson for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, abruptly ended an interview with Swedish journalist Diamant Salihu and accused him of not...

Russia sends reinforcements to northern Syria

Russia deployed troop reinforcements Wednesday to an area of northern Syria controlled by Kurdish fighters and government troops, residents and a human rights watchdog...

Turkish police threaten Uyghurs protesting outside Chinese Consulate with detention and deportation

Police on Wednesday threatened Uyghurs outside the Chinese Consulate in İstanbul who were protesting the death of innocent Uyghurs in a fire in Urumqi,...

Kurdish politician Demirtaş asks Justice Ministry to meet with jailed PKK leader Öcalan

Jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has applied to the Justice Ministry for a meeting with leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah...

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