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Davutoğlu claims senior AKP members congratulated him for criticizing Erdoğan

Ahmet Davutoğlu, former Turkish prime minister and leader of the Future Party (GP), has claimed that many senior members of the ruling Justice and Development Party...

Turkey’s top court orders compensation be paid to Altan for wrongful imprisonment

Turkey’s Constitutional Court ordered payment in the amount of TL 30,000 ($5,000) as compensation to Mehmet Altan, a Turkish economist and journalist who was incarcerated for...

More than 1,700 suspects detained over Gülen links in January: ministry

Turkey in January detained 1,768 suspects over alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, which is accused of orchestrating an abortive putsch in 2016 despite its...

Turkey orders 228 detentions in six separate investigations into Gülen movement

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday ordered the detention of 228 suspects, including soldiers, medical professors, scientists and businesspeople, in six separate investigations into the faith-based Gülen movement, which...

İstanbul added another half million to population in 2019: TurkStat

Turkey’s population numbered 83.15 million as of end of 2019, indicating a 1.39 percent rise year-on-year, and İstanbul maintained its rank as the largest city of...

Turks evacuated from China show no signs of coronavirus: health minister

Turkey's health minister on Sunday announced that the test results of 42 evacuees airlifted from Wuhan, China -- the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak -- would...

Imprisoned Turkish musician on death fast calls for justice

İbrahim Gökçek, jailed Turkish musician and a member of the leftist Grup Yorum band, gave an interview from his prison cell to the Cumhuriyet newspaper in...

Turkish man detained while trying to send protest letter to Erdoğan

Nuri Başkapan was detained at a notary’s office in İstanbul on allegations of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while trying to send him a notarized letter...

Erdoğan’s public approval rating dropped to 41.9 pct in January

The public approval rating of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dropped to 41.9 percent in January from 43.7 percent in December, according to the MetroPOLL polling company. While 46...

Turkish gov’t refuses to provide aid to earthquake victim due to jailed husband

The Turkish government has refused to provide aid to a woman whose apartment was hit by a strong earthquake on Jan. 24 due to her husband’s...

Top court says demanding freedom for jailed PKK leader is free speech

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that demanding the release from prison of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and launching a campaign to agitate for...

Erdoğan pardons elderly man convicted of involvement in 1993 Sivas massacre

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has used his presidential power to pardon a man who was given an aggravated life sentence due to his role in...

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