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Top court upholds sentences given to 13 Kurdish politicians in main KCK trial

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld prison sentences handed down in 2018 to 13 Kurdish politicians, including former Van Mayor Bekir Kaya, on...

Protest in front of ECtHR to draw attention to rights violations in Turkey, court’s inaction

Hundreds of victims of a purge carried out by the government in the aftermath of a failed coup in Turkey in 2016 as well...

Wildfire in southwest Turkey rages on, dashing hopes about containment

Firefighters battled a wildfire in southwestern Turkey from land and air on Thursday, as hopes that the blazes were contained fizzled after they spread...

Turkey says it is investigating claims of Russia shipping stolen Ukrainian grain

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Thursday that Ankara was investigating claims that Ukrainian grain has been stolen by Russia and shipped to...

Turkey failed to implement anti-corruption recommendations : GRECO report

A report recently released by the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption group, the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), has revealed that Turkey satisfactorily implemented...

Turkey dismisses 1,000 police officers due to alleged ties to terrorist organizations

Turkey’s Security Directorate General has dismissed from service or canceled the retirement benefits of 1,000 current or retired police officers based on a government...

10 people attempting to flee to Greece detained in western Turkey: ministry

Turkey’s Defense Ministry has announced that 10 people including a relative of US-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen were detained by security forces in western...

Turkish police detain suspects in Ä°stanbul for allegedly planning attacks on Israelis

Turkish police have detained a number of suspects who are accused of actively plotting to assassinate Israelis in Ä°stanbul, as part of an operation...

Kılıçdaroğlu again ordered to pay damages to Erdoğan, family due to offshore wealth claims

A local court has ordered Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), to pay President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his...

Majority of respondents in EU survey have negative view of Turkey

A recent European Union survey in which the respondents were asked whether they had a positive or a negative view of some major non-EU...

Wildfire in southwest Turkey largely under control: minister

A wildfire in southwestern Turkey was largely contained on Wednesday, Forestry Minister Vahit Kirişçi said, after scenes of burning woodland reminded Turks of blazes...

Turkey sees record increase in number of prisons, rights violations under AKP rule

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has built more than 200 prisons in the past 16 years and continues to allocate large funds...

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