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Turkish comedian faces up to 3 years in prison over joke about Ottoman sultan

Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment seeking up to three years in prison for stand-up comedian Tuba Ulu over a joke she made about...

3 Turkish citizens evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship put in isolation in İstanbul

Three Turkish citizens evacuated from the MV Hondius, a cruise ship linked to a deadly hantavirus outbreak, were brought to İstanbul overnight and put...

Renovated Greek Orthodox seminary in İstanbul to be inaugurated but not reopened, patriarchate says

The renovation of a long-closed Greek Orthodox school on an İstanbul island will be finished in September, although it does not yet have a...

Turkish Airlines plane evacuated after landing gear fire in Nepal

Hundreds of passengers and the crew aboard a Turkish Airlines flight to Nepal were safely evacuated on Monday after the plane's landing gear caught...

Turkish justice minister boasted about wiretapping Erdoğan’s calls, main opposition leader claims

Turkey’s main opposition leader, Özgür Özel, alleged that Justice Minister Akın Gürlek had boasted to people around him that he was secretly listening to...

Former Turkish PM, ex-Erdoğan allies call for retrials after ECtHR ruling on coup-era conviction

A former Turkish prime minister, a culture minister and an opposition lawmaker called for the retrial of thousands convicted in the crackdown that followed...

UN rapporteur, experts warn governments still use INTERPOL to pursue journalists in exile

Orhan Sait Berber - Geneva Press freedom experts and a UN special rapporteur have warned that authoritarian governments continue to misuse INTERPOL mechanisms to target...

Israeli state broadcaster alleges Hamas members trained with arms, drones in Turkey

Israel’s state broadcaster KAN has alleged that Hamas members received firearms, combat tactics and drone training at public shooting clubs in Turkey, in a...

Opposition lawmaker asks Turkish Parliament to release unpublished report on 2016 coup attempt

A lawmaker from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party has asked Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş to explain why a parliamentary inquiry report on a coup...

Turkey says no hantavirus cases found after cruise ship outbreak involving Turkish nationals

Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu has announced that no positive hantavirus cases have been detected in Turkey, as attention turned to Turkish nationals who were...

Opposition mayor says she will join Erdoğan’s ruling party in latest blow to CHP

The mayor of a western Turkish city said Friday she will leave Turkey’s main opposition party and join President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling party,...

Turkish singer Mabel Matiz acquitted in obscenity case over song lyrics

An İstanbul court on Friday acquitted Turkish pop singer and songwriter Mabel Matiz of obscenity charges over the lyrics of one of his songs,...

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