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19 countries’ embassies urge Turkey to reconsider exit from Istanbul Convention

The Ankara embassies of 19 countries, including Canada, France, Germany, the US and the UK, have urged the Turkish government to reconsider its recent...

Turkish parliament condemns Israel’s ‘atrocious, lawless attacks’ against Palestinians

Five political parties in Turkey’s Parliament on Monday released a joint declaration to speak out against the latest clashes at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound,...

Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu in fence-mending visit to Saudi Arabia

Turkey's foreign minister arrived in Saudi Arabia for talks on Monday, his first trip since dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi's 2018 murder in İstanbul worsened...

Erdoğan vows to mobilize world to stop Israeli ‘terror’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed Monday to mobilize the world to stop Israeli "terror" in phone calls placed to Palestinian leaders during a...

More than a fourth of Turks say they can’t meet basic needs: survey

According to a recent survey, 26.6 percent of Turks say they can't meet their basic living costs, while 54 percent state that they barely...

Mob boss steers Turkey’s political debate

Cevheri Güven Sedat Peker, the head of one of Turkey’s most powerful mafia groups, has for the last 10 days been setting the country’s political...

Draft legislation seeks to curb alcohol sales further in Turkey: report

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has attracted widespread criticism for banning alcohol sales during a full coronavirus lockdown, is now seeking...

Turkey’s unemployment rate stood at 13.1 percent in March

Turkey's unemployment rate stood at 13.1 percent in March, down by 0.1 percentage points month-on-month, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) announced on Monday, according...

İstanbul mayor not to be investigated over Sultan Mehmed disrespect claims

In the wake of public backlash, Turkey’s Interior Ministry has refused to allow an investigation into İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on allegations he was...

Expelled lawmaker denied letters, news reports in prison sent by his party

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a renowned human rights activist and former member of the Turkish Parliament who was expelled from the legislature in March and...

‘Right to a fair trial’ most violated right in Turkey, top court statistics show

Statistics on individual applications filed at Turkey’s Constitutional Court over the past eight-and-a-half years show that the “right to a fair trial” has been...

Erdoğan calls Israel ‘terror state’ over Jerusalem clashes

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan denounced Israel as a "cruel terrorist state" in a speech in Ankara Saturday in which he referred to recent...

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