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Over 60 percent of Turks have voted for ruling AKP at least once: poll

A recent opinion poll has found that 61 percent of Turkish voters have voted for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at least...

Turkish court orders release of jailed journalist Sedef KabaÅŸ

An Ä°stanbul court on Friday ordered the release of prominent TV journalist Sedef KabaÅŸ, who has been behind bars since Jan. 22, handing down...

Main opposition leader vows to release Kavala, DemirtaÅŸ if he comes to power

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has promised to release Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş and philanthropist Osman Kavala from jail...

Turkey’s far-right leader accuses main opposition of sabotaging Russia-Ukraine talks

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has accused main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) chair Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of sabotaging high-level...

Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines suspends Russia flights

The Turkish budget airline Pegasus Airlines said Friday it was temporarily suspending flights to Russia, following sanctions imposed on Moscow over what it calls...

Purge victim dies while trying to cross Evros River

Cemil Karabidek, a former sergeant who was dismissed from the military by an emergency decree as part of Turkey’s post-coup purge of state institutions,...

Turkish healthcare professionals call for medical neutrality in Ukraine

Eight medical organizations in Turkey have in a joint statement called for medical neutrality in Ukraine, referring to the principles of the Geneva Conventions, saying...

Turkish treasury and finance minister says women too ‘fragile’ to do manual labor jobs

Turkish Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati on Tuesday said in a discriminatory remark that women were more fragile than men and should not...

Main opposition leader visits Diyarbakır, vows to bring peace at any cost

Main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Thursday visited the predominantly Kurdish province of Diyarbakır, pledging to bring peace to the...

Top court upholds prison sentence given to head of shut-down jurist association

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld a prison sentence of 10 years handed down by a lower court to Murat Arslan, president of...

Municipality fires worker for posting photo of jailed Kurdish leader

A municipality in northwestern Turkey, run by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has fired a janitor for posting a photo on social...

Court acquits 3 who put on a show atop gate of Armenian church in Ä°stanbul

A Turkish court has acquitted three people who in July danced on the gate of an Armenian church in Ä°stanbul, the Stockholm Center for...

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