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Interior ministry lifts restrictions on some 11,000 more Turkish passports

Turkey’s Interior Ministry has announced that it has lifted restrictions on 11,027 passports that were imposed during a two-year-long state of emergency declared immediately after a...

Turkish woman arrested while pregnant in violation of law gives birth: report

Elif Tuğral, who was arrested in October while pregnant over alleged ties to the Gülen movement, on Friday gave birth at a Turkish hospital where gendarmes...

Re-arrested Turkish businessman alleges Erdoğan intervened in his case: report

Prominent Turkish philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, re-arrested this week hours after his acquittal of charges of complicity in nationwide protests in 2013, said...

Black box in Pegasus Airlines crash in İstanbul points to poor runway condition

An examination of the black box of a Pegasus Airlines plane has indicated that the poor condition of the runway rather than pilot error caused it...

Turkish court delays verdict in coup-related trial of 11 rights activists: report

A Turkish court has delayed its verdict in the case of 11 rights activists arrested in 2017 on terror charges, BBC reported. In an unexpected move,...

Turkish gov’t restructures transportation authority, reducing municipal influence

A new regulation published on Wednesday in Turkey’s Official Gazette has significantly altered the composition of the Transportation Coordination Centers (UKOME), the agency responsible for transportation-related matters...

Turkey’s judicial watchdog to investigate judges who acquitted Gezi Park defendants

Turkey’s judicial watchdog, the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), has launched an administrative investigation into the judges who on Tuesday acquitted all defendants in the...

Erdoğan says Gezi Park protests were ‘heinous attack’ on country

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday he respected a court decision to acquit philanthropist Osman Kavala and eight others over their role in the...

Former president says Turkey’s purchase of Russian missiles was a mistake

Former Turkish President Abdullah Gül has said Ankara’s decision to procure a Russian S-400 missile system was a mistake since Turkey has been a NATO member...

[UPDATE] Turkish court re-arrests businessman Kavala one day after acquittal in Gezi trial

An İstanbul court on Wednesday evening ordered to arrest Osman Kavala, a businessman and rights activist, over his alleged role in a 2016 coup...

Erdoğan supporters in media warn about possible coup attempt after US think tank report

Several pro-government Turkish journalists have fired off warnings of a possible military coup attempt at some point following a report on the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK)...

Police detain former ISIL militant who became gas repairman in Turkey: report

Turkish police have detained a suspected former executioner for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorist group who became a gas repairman when...

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