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Turkish gov’t to create its ‘truth ministry’ amid rising censorship

The Communications Directorate of the Turkish Presidency has announced that Turkey will create its own fact-checking mechanism to “fight against lies and false facts on...

Daughter of abducted former bureaucrat asks Erdoğan to help find her father

Nursena Küçüközyiğit, whose father Hüseyin Galip Küçüközyiğit is suspected to be the latest victim of enforced disappearance, called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

Erdoğan laying the groundwork for bringing back long-missing son-in-law

Cevheri Güven President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has begun testing the waters to reintroduce to prominence his son-in-law Berat Albayrak, who stepped down as finance minister...

Speculation over possible Albayrak return sends lira tumbling

Turkey's lira tumbled on Thursday after a rally triggered by a shakeup of the economy team in November as the government again defended the...

Colleagues, MPs demand freedom for jailed journalist Baransu in short documentary

Opposition politicians and journalists are seen defending the rights of journalist Mehmet Baransu, who has been behind bars since March 2015 due to his...

Turkish health minister ‘sorry’ for disregard of COVID-19 measures at crowded funeral

Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has apologized for the violation of coronavirus restrictions at a crowded funeral ceremony he recently attended, along with many...

More than 800 Boğaziçi protestors subjected to ill-treatment by police: report

At least 800 people demonstrating against the appointment of a pro-government rector to İstanbul’s prestigious Boğaziçi University were subjected to ill-treatment by police officers...

Turkey ‘strongly condemns attempted coup’ in Armenia

Turkey on Thursday "strongly condemned" what it described as an attempted coup in neighboring Armenia, where Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was facing calls by...

Men dominate the TV news circuit in Turkey with 77 percent of all guest appearances

Seventy-seven percent of a total of 6,114 guests appearing on news and talk shows on Turkish TV are male, research conducted for the Association...

Amnesty calls on CoE to tackle systemic failures enabling arbitrary detention of Kavala, Demirtaş

In a public letter addressed to the foreign ministers of Council of Europe (CoE) member states, Amnesty International on Tuesday asked for their support for...

Key figure in arms smuggling to Syria was protected by Turkish intelligence

Cevheri Güven New allegations have surfaced that Heysem Topalca, a key figure in arms smuggling from Turkey to Syria who died on Feb. 10 in...

The return of an Ottoman-Armenian feminist: ‘Zabel’ by BGST

Alin Ozinian First staged in 2015 “Zabel,” a play about Ottoman-Armenian author and feminist Zabel Yesayan, returned to audiences last week. Written by Aysel Yıldırım...

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