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Turkey launches phase 3 trials for domestically produced vaccine

Phase 3 trials have begun for Turkovac, Turkey's locally developed vaccination against COVID-19, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Wednesday. The clinical trials will be conducted...

AKP may lose 5 pct of vote if pro-Kurdish party is closed down: pollster

Professor Özer Sencer, owner of the Ankara-based MetroPOLL, has said Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) may lose 5 percent of the Kurdish...

Senior presidency employee elected head of Turkey’s Court of Accounts

A personnel manager from the presidency has been elected by parliament as the new president of the Court of Accounts, the government body responsible...

Refugees in Turkey left out of COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Many refugees in Turkey have not been able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because of language barriers and a lack of knowledge about their...

Deterioration of human rights continued in Turkey in 2020: EU rights report

An annual report by the EU External Action Service (EEAS) on human rights and democracy in the world has revealed that the deterioration of human...

US unseals indictment of Turkish businessman arrested in Austria

Turkish businessman Sezgin Baran Korkmaz is charged with “conspiring to commit money laundering,” “wire fraud” and “obstruction of an official proceeding,” according to a...

IFLC to host int’l singing contest ‘Colors of Voices’ grand final online

The International Festival of Language & Culture (IFLC) on June 26 will stream live on its YouTube channel the grand final of the “Colors...

Turkey arrests key ISIL figure captured in MİT operation in Syria

A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled to arrest the alleged Turkey leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), who was...

Turkey’s far-right leader calls HDP employee killed in attack a ‘terrorist’

Leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party Devlet Bahçeli has said a young woman who was killed in an attack on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’...

PACE refers to jailed pro-Kurdish party MPs as ‘political prisoners’

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), of which Turkey is a member, has passed a resolution referring the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic...

Pro-gov’t journalist claims he assisted in reinstatement of post-coup victims to jobs

A journalist known for his close ties to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has claimed involvement in the reinstatement of thousands of people...

EU should make human rights core in agenda with Turkey: HRW

Philippe Dam, advocacy director for Human Rights Watch Europe and Central Asia division, has called on EU officials to send a clear message to...

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