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Decline in Turks’ confidence in judiciary, satisfaction with education highest among OECD members: report

Turkey was the country that saw the steepest decline in confidence in the judiciary and satisfaction with the education system among Economic Co-operation and...

95,000 people await acquittal based on ECtHR’s ByLock ruling

Thousands of people arrested or convicted on terrorism charges due to their alleged use of the ByLock mobile phone application expect to be acquitted...

Austrian PM says Turkey is more appropriate place for fleeing Afghans than Europe

Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz has said Turkey or safe parts of Afghanistan are more appropriate places for Afghans who want to flee in...

Turkey’s social media users may face 5 years in jail for spreading ‘disinformation’

Social media users in Turkey who spread "disinformation" online could be sentenced to between one and five years in prison under a new law...

Turkey’s women’s volleyball team starts Olympics with win over China

The Turkish women's volleyball team won their first game against Olympic champion China at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday, the state-run Anadolu news agency...

German police tell former MP he’s on hit list targeting gov’t critics in exile

The German Federal Police have warned Hasip Kaplan, a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), of a planned assassination targeting him...

Documentary details torture of Turkish diplomats in police custody

A documentary that premiered on the Bold Medya news website’s YouTube channel on Sunday revealed the plight of former diplomats summarily dismissed from the Turkish...

[Opinion] Europe must stop tolerating Erdoğan to keep migrants at bay

Sevgi Akarçeşme Migration is a hot button issue in pretty much all parts of the world, particularly Europe and North America. As people flee from...

Turkey’s daily Covid cases top 14,000

Turkey's daily Covid-19 cases surged past 14,000 on Sunday, marking the highest toll since May, Agence France-Presse reported. "If we don't take measures and if...

Gladiator, Braveheart actor dies in Turkey resort: report

Scottish actor Mike Mitchell, who starred in Gladiator and Braveheart, has died at the Turkish holiday resort of Fethiye, Agence France-Presse reported on Sunday,...

Turkey says UNESCO criticism of Hagia Sophia conversion ‘biased’

Turkey on Saturday rejected the UN cultural agency's criticism of the conversion of a revered Istanbul cathedral-turned-museum into a mosque as "biased and political,”...

Two Turkish soldiers killed in northern Syria: ministry

Two Turkish soldiers were killed, and two others wounded in areas of northern Syria under Ankara's control to keep out jihadists and Kurdish militants,...

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