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Erdoğan appoints AKP member as rector of top university, drawing criticism of students, alumni

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s appointment of a long-time member of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) as rector of Boğaziçi University, one...

Reactions mount over Erdoğan’s remarks likening headscarved opposition members to mannequins

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been criticized by scores of social media users and a number of opposition figures for remarks implying that...

75 pct of lottery jackpot transferred to Turkey’s Wealth Fund after New Year’s drawing

Turkey's Wealth Fund received the biggest share of the New Year's lottery prize of TL 100 million ($12.7 million) as only one person in...

Turkey’s Olay TV forced to close over pro-Kurdish HDP coverage, chief editor says

Süleyman Sarılar, the former chief editor of private Turkish television station Olay TV, which was forced to close down due to government pressure last...

Turkey in talks with BioNTech to produce COVID-19 vaccine, Erdoğan says

Turkish President and Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) is...

Woman faces detention over alleged Gülen links immediately after giving birth

A woman who gave birth in the early hours of the new year in the Turkish capital city of Ankara faces detention due to...

Turkey’s state-run tea producer had to destroy tons of tea due to poor management: report

The General Directorate of Tea Enterprises (ÇAYKUR), Turkey’s state-owned tea producer which has lost billions of lira after its transfer to Wealth Fund control...

Famous Kurdish poet released from jail, says arrest was unlawful

Famous Kurdish poet, writer and journalist Yılmaz Odabaşı, who was arrested in İstanbul on Wednesday, was released on Thursday and said his arrest was...

Turkish newspaper claims pro-gov’t company offered advertising in exchange for self-censorship

Turkey’s conservative Milli Gazete daily has claimed that a full-page ad from discount supermarket chain BİM that was scheduled to be published on Thursday...

The year 2020 in review: Women’s Rights in Turkey

The year 2020 has witnessed an increase in rights violations against women in Turkey, with rising numbers of femicide cases amid discussions of withdrawing...

Journalists face 158 years in prison over book about Erdoğan’s obstruction of justice

Turkish journalists Barış Terkoğlu and Barış Pehlivan, who co-authored a book investigating alleged obstruction of justice by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in high-profile...

Online censorship is rampant in Turkey

Reports about the former employee of a Turkish embassy caught with heroin in his vehicle, about allegations of international money laundering, about gender-based violence…...

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