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Germany plans to end practice of importing imams from Turkey, abroad

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has announced that she wants to significantly reduce the influence of foreign imams on Islamic communities in Germany and put...

Turkey’s ultranationalist party seeks ban on sex reassignment surgery

The far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), an ally of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), is working on legislation that bans sex reassignment...

Child bride from religious cult breaks silence, sparking outrage in Turkey

Criminal complaints filed by the daughter of a man affiliated with a Sunni sect based in Ä°stanbul has sparked outrage in Turkey due to...

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals declines to uphold 9-year sentence for former mayor

The 16th Criminal Chamber of Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has declined to uphold a prison sentence of nine years, four months and 15...

Gov’t tightens grip on discount chains accused of fueling inflation via steep price increases

A new regulation targeting Turkey’s discount chains, which have been accused of helping to stoke inflation by means of steep price increases, requires them...

Opposition party leader injured in knife attack in his Ankara office

An unidentified assailant attacked an opposition party leader with a knife in his office in Ankara, Turkish media outlets reported. The politician, Öztürk Yılmaz, leader...

At least 28 women were murdered in Turkey in November: report

At least 28 women were murdered across Turkey in November, according to a monthly report by the Bianet news website. Bianet drafts a list every...

Top court upholds acquittal of ex-bureaucrat in ruling expected to set precedent for others jailed over Gülen links

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld the decision of one of its criminal chambers to acquit a former bureaucrat of terrorism charges due...

Turkish journalist faces 12 years in prison for announcing personal data leak

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of 12 years for journalist Ä°brahim HaskoloÄŸlu, who was briefly detained in April after announcing that hackers...

World Psychiatric Association calls for immediate release of top doctor and human rights activist Fincancı

The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has called on the Turkish government to ensure the immediate release of the head of a leading doctors’ union in...

Turkey seeks proof of insurance from Russian oil tankers

Turkey said Wednesday it has started requesting proof of insurance from tankers loaded with Russian crude oil after Western powers imposed a price cap...

US judge dismisses suit against Saudi prince in Khashoggi murder

A US judge dismissed Tuesday a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his alleged role in the 2018 murder of...

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