12 C
Frankfurt am Main

CATEGORY

National

İstanbul Municipality dismantles Erdoğan aide’s improvements on leased property

Municipal workers in İstanbul have dismantled a series of improvements on a property on the Bosporus in İstanbul’s Kuzguncuk neighborhood leased by Fahrettin Altun, President Recep Tayyip...

Turkish intelligence allowed to ‘question’ prisoners under newly passed bill

A bill passed on Tuesday by the Turkish parliament allows intelligence officers to temporarily take inmates out of prison facilities for “questioning” on terrorism-related crimes, the Cumhuriyet...

Turkish opposition plans to take controversial early release bill to Constitutional Court

Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has said it is preparing to file a complaint with the Constitutional Court about a controversial early release bill aimed...

Turkish parliament passes release bill that excludes prisoners accused of ‘terrorism’

Turkey’s parliament on Tuesday passed a law that will allow the release of tens of thousands of prisoners to ease overcrowding in jails and protect detainees...

Turkey’s coronavirus cases hit 61,049, death toll at 1,296: minister

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Turkey has reached 61,049 with an increase of 4,093 on Monday, while the death toll increased to 1,296, according...

Turkey working on bill allowing dismissal of academics for ‘terrorist propaganda’

The National Education Committee in the Turkish parliament has approved a bill that provides for the dismissal of academic personnel at universities for “disseminating terrorist propaganda,” the...

3 Turkish prisoners die out of 17 infected with coronavirus: minister

Three Turkish prisoners have died of the coronavirus, Turkey’s justice minister said on Monday as he announced the first cases of convicts diagnosed with the disease, AFP...

Erdoğan refuses to accept minister’s resignation caused by last-minute curfew

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has declined to accept a decision by Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu to resign due to the controversial way his ministry declared...

Turkish interior minister resigns amid mounting criticism over last-minute curfew

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced his resignation in the wake of growing criticism over his ministry’s declaration on Friday of a 48-hour curfew due...

Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll hits 1,198, number of cases reaches 56,956

Turkey’s confirmed cases of coronavirus increased by 4,789 to reach 56,956 in the last 24 hours, and 97 more people have died, bringing the death toll...

Remains of PKK militant mailed to family in a box

The remains of an outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant who was killed in a clash with Turkish security forces in eastern Turkey in 2017 were...

Turkish comedian sent to jail for insulting Atatürk, Rumi

Turkish comedian Emre Günsal has been arrested on charges of insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, and the famous mystic Rumi in his...

Latest news

Liked it? Take a second to support Turkish Minute on Patreon!
Become a patron at Patreon!