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Police detain Boğaziçi students for protesting arrest of their friends

Turkish police on Thursday used excessive force to detain at least seven students from İstanbul’s Boğaziçi University to prevent them from making a public...

Active duty officers, NGO members among 81 detained over Gülen links

Turkish police on Thursday detained 81 people including active duty military officers and nongovernmental organization members over alleged links to the Gülen movement. The Gaziantep...

Pro-gov’t Cengiz Holding’s offshore company and assets revealed in Pandora Papers

Cengiz Holding, one of five holdings that have been awarded nearly all the large tenders in Turkey during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s time in...

[Opinion] ‘Midnight Express’ and Turkey’s ‘enemy criminal law’

Türkmen Terzi  The 1978 prison drama film “Midnight Express” tells the story of young American student Bill Hayes, who spent five years in various Turkish...

ISIL suspect sought on INTERPOL Red Notice captured in Ankara

A suspected member of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who was wanted on an INTERPOL Red Notice was captured in...

Turkish Parliament ratifies Paris climate agreement

Turkey's parliament on Wednesday unanimously ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change, more than five years after Ankara first signed the landmark deal on...

Critically ill inmate denied release despite serving full sentence

Atilla Coşkun, 35, a critically ill inmate convicted of terrorism, has not been released from prison  due to disciplinary penalties although he had served...

Turkish presidency seeks to strip 4 opposition deputies of immunity

A presidential summary of proceedings seeking the removal of the parliamentary immunity of four opposition deputies has made its way to the Turkish parliament,...

Turkish far-right party drafts bill to keep media outlets with foreign funding in check

Turkey's far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), an ally of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has introduced a bill designed to restrict the...

Kebab shop owners: Looks like it’s our turn to be labeled as ‘terrorists’

A number of kebab shop owners in Turkey have criticized remarks from a far-right party leader who accused them of separatism and responsibility for...

Turkey ranks 57th on Henley Passport Index

Turkey has dropped two places on a list of countries with the most powerful passports and now ranks 57th, according to the latest Henley...

Top court rejects claims of negligence of public officials in Suruç massacre

Turkey's Constitutional Court has rejected claims by 13 applicants accusing public officials of “violating victims’ right to life” in the 2015 Suruç massacre by...

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