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Erdoğan’s son-in-law steps down as finance minister, citing health reasons

Berat Albayrak, the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has quit his job as the country’s finance minister, citing health reasons, according to...

Appeals court upholds life sentences for 4 defendants including journalist Karaca, former MP Ä°ÅŸbilen

A regional court of appeals in Ankara has ruled to uphold the aggravated life sentences of four defendants --- journalist Hidayet Karaca, former lawmaker...

Opposition lawmaker’s report reveals 339 cases of torture in Turkey in October

Cases of human rights violations in Turkey in October included 339 incidents of torture and maltreatment, with 200 of them taking place in prisons,...

Interior Ministry lifts restrictions on some 43,000 more Turkish passports

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has announced that it has lifted restrictions on 42,893 passports that were imposed during a two-year-long state of emergency declared immediately...

Turkey pays nearly $3.5 mln of Somalia’s IMF debt: Official Gazette

The Turkish government has settled a part of Somalia’s debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by allocating nearly $3.5 million to a fund...

Turkish government circles support Trump while opposition favors Biden

The presidential election in the US is being closely followed in Turkey and among the Turkish community living in the US. While supporters of...

26 teachers detained in southeast Turkey as part of operation targeting Kurdish group

Turkish police officers on Friday detained 26 teachers, all members of the Education and Science Workers Union (EÄŸitim-Sen), as part of an investigation into...

Ä°HD report: Turkey forced 160 people to become informants in first 10 months of 2020

A total of 160 people in Turkey were forced to become informants by government officers who used coercion and threats in addition to abduction...

Civil servants among 93 sought on detention warrants over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 93 individuals, some of whom are civil servants, over alleged links to the Gülen movement, accused by...

Germany may follow French example and ban Turkish ultranationalist group

Several political parties in the German parliament have called for a ban on the activities of a Turkish ultranationalist group in the country, known...

Number of coronavirus cases among children has nearly doubled in Turkey: professor

Elif Dağlı, a professor of pulmonology, has said the number of coronavirus infections among children in Turkey has almost doubled since the gradual opening of...

In his quest to rein in social media, ErdoÄŸan encounters an unfamiliar resistance

Turkey has fined Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok TL 10 million ($ 1.18 million) each. According to a recently enacted law, continued...

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