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‘Not just coronavirus but injustice also kills,’ jailed journalist says

Büşra Erdal, a jailed journalist struggling with a judicial system that has deteriorated since a coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, said in a recent letter...

Turkey heading towards dead end because of poor governance, Babacan says

Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) leader Ali Babacan has claimed that Turkey is paying the price of a governance devoid of reason and that the country...

Mob boss praises Erdoğan, Bahçeli upon release from prison

Turkish organized crime boss Alaattin Çakıcı, who was freed from prison on Thursday, has released a letter in which he applauds President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and...

Turkish mob boss released while government critics remain in prison: report

An organized crime boss serving a prison sentence in Turkey was set free Thursday as Turkish authorities continued releasing thousands of inmates to ease overcrowding during...

HRW asks Turkish Cyprus to release Syrian migrants under house arrest: report

A human rights group on Thursday urged Turkish Cypriot authorities in the breakaway north of ethnically split Cyprus to release 175 Syrian migrants that it says have...

Turkey adds 4,281 more cases as coronavirus death toll hits 1,518

Turkey saw 4,281 more confirmed coronavirus cases on Wednesday, while the death toll increased by 115 to 1,518, according to a chart posted on Twitter by...

Articles regulating foreign social media in Turkey withdrawn from bill by AKP: report

A bill proposing measures to fight the coronavirus dropped calls for foreign social media companies to appoint representatives in Turkey when it was introduced it parliament...

Interior minister’s resignation exposes conflicts within Erdoğan’s party: report

The political fallout from Turkey’s rushed coronavirus lockdown at the weekend has exposed tensions at the top of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party...

COVID-19 cases in Turkey climb above 65,000, death toll at 1,403: minister

Turkey’s confirmed cases of COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus, increased by 4,062 on Tuesday, reaching 65,111 in total, according to a chart posted on Twitter...

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...

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