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Turkey’s opposition leader claims AKP will lose voters en masse

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, chairman of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has claimed that the country’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will suffer...

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog bans Can Dündar’s news website again

The Özgürüz news website, run by prominent Turkish journalist Can Dündar, who has been living in self-imposed exile for a while now, was cut...

Turkey’s coronavirus cases exceed 181,000, death toll at 4,842

The number of coronavirus cases in Turkey exceeded 181,000 with a daily addition of 1,467 on Tuesday, according to a chart posted on Twitter...

Young people more skeptical of Turkish gov’t plan to ease COVID-19 restrictions: poll

Young people in Turkey have a relatively more negative view of the government’s move to reopen cafés, teahouses and restaurants aimed at normalization after...

44 NGOs call for release of Kurdish journalist Türfent ahead of 1,500th day in jail

PEN International, the International Press Institute (IPI), the Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 41 other organizations from Europe and around the world...

Turkey orders detention of 174 active duty soldiers, 174 others in post-coup crackdown

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 348 people as part of a post-coup crackdown targeting the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused...

Turkey arrests VoA reporter over pending prison sentence

Arif Aslan, the Voice of America (VoA) correspondent in Turkey’s eastern Van province, was arrested on Tuesday morning to serve a prison sentence he...

Turkey arrests social media user who threatened wife of jailed Kurdish politician

A Turkish criminal court in Sakarya province on Tuesday arrested a man who on social media threatened Başak Demirtaş, the wife of imprisoned Kurdish...

Turkey makes face masks compulsory in 42 provinces: minister

Turkey has made the wearing of face masks mandatory in five more provinces, following an uptick in COVID-19 cases, The Associated Press reported. Health Minister...

Turkey’s daily coronavirus numbers keep rising with 1,592 new cases in single day

Turkey’s new coronavirus cases continued to increase on Monday, rising to 1,592 in a single day from 786 on June 2, according to a...

Mother of 2 detained by police for second time over Gülen links

Yasemin Baltacı, 29, a mother of two, was detained again on Monday in Turkey’s Tekirdağ province as part of an investigation into the faith-based...

Turkey releases 6 journalists after top appeals court overturns sentences

The İstanbul 25th High Criminal Court on Monday released journalists Ahmet Memiş, Cemal Kalyoncu, Gökçe Fırat Çulhaoğlu, Ünal Tanık, Yakup Çetin and Yetkin Yıldız,...

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