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Turkish military has dismissed more than 19,000 members over Gülen links since coup attempt

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) has since a coup attempt in 2016 dismissed 19,203 of its members due to alleged ties to the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Turkey will assemble board to discuss sociological, religious aspects of coronavirus outbreak: minister

Turkey’s Health Ministry added seven new professors to a scientific board that is assisting the ministry in the fight against the coronavirus, while a second board...

Turkish authorities investigate 750 people for coronavirus-related offenses

Turkish Minister of Justice Abdülhamit Gül has announced that prosecutors across 66 cities have launched investigations into 750 people for various offenses in connection with the COVID-19...

Turkey starts distributing free face masks due to coronavirus outbreak

Turkey has started providing people with free of charge masks due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Monday. The masks will reportedly be delivered...

86-year-old Turkish woman beats coronavirus, then has brain hemorrhage: report

An 86-year-old Turkish woman who became a source of inspiration after recovering from the coronavirus despite multiple chronic health problems has suffered a brain hemorrhage and...

Yet another family ruined as mother dies while purge-victim father is in jail

Two-year-old Elif Zehra Çalışkan is now without parents as her mother died after falling from a balcony and her father, an academic, has been in jail...

Workers aged 18 to 20 exempted from curfew imposed in Turkey: report

Workers between the age of 18 and 20 in Turkey will be exempt from a curfew on young people imposed last week to help slow the...

Journalists call for release of jailed colleagues in wake of COVID-19 outbreak

A group of journalists in Turkey who came together under the name of “Haberin Var Mı İnsiyatifi,” (Do you know about the initiative?) have called on...

Turkey’s COVID-19 cases rise to 27,069, death toll hits 574

Turkey had 27,069 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Sunday, with an increase of 3,135 in the last 24 hours, while the death toll grew by...

COVID-19 release bill passed by Turkish parliament committee excludes political prisoners

A committee in the Turkish Parliament on Saturday approved a bill that will allow the release of up to 100,000 inmates from Turkey’s overcrowded prisons due...

Construction of new palace for Erdoğan continues despite COVID-19 outbreak

The construction of a new presidential complex for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ahlat near Lake Van in eastern Turkey is still underway despite the outbreak...

Turkey’s COVID-19 death toll rises to 501, confirmed cases number 23,934

Turkey had 23,934 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Saturday, with an increase of 3,013 in the last 24 hours while the death toll grew by...

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