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Top AKP official says wrong to shed tears for purge victims

Numan Kurtulmuş, the deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), has said it is not right to feel pity for the victims of...

Public education sector in Turkey lacks women in management positions: report

Although nearly 53 percent of public school teachers in Turkey are women, only 2 percent of them have been assigned as directors of provincial public education...

Turkey’s state-run news agency cancels subscription services of gov’t-critical daily

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency has canceled subscription services paid for by the Sözcü daily, a newspaper that is critical of the government, after the latter...

Private Turkish bank refuses to allow purged doctor to open new account

The local branch of a privately owned Turkish bank refused to allow a doctor to open an account because he had been dismissed from his job...

70 air force cadets sentenced to life in prison on coup charges

An Ä°stanbul court has handed down life sentences to 70 air force academy cadets on charges of attempting to destroy the constitutional order by means of...

Top court reverses verdict acquitting former Fenerbahçe chairman of match fixing

Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a decision from a high criminal court in İstanbul that acquitted former Fenerbahçe chairman Aziz Yıldırım and 35 others...

[ANALYSIS] What to expect from Turkey in 2020

The end of 2019 was marked in Turkey by an event during which Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan unveiled the prototype of a domestically produced electric...

40 percent of AKP voters say new political party necessary: survey

An opinion poll indicates that 40 percent of the supporters of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) see the establishment of new political parties as necessary,...

Turkish police’s security drone in İstanbul shot down by gendarmerie

A drone launched by the Turkish police to fly over İstanbul’s Taksim Square on New Year’s Eve for security purposes was shot down by the gendarmerie,...

Erdoğan’s approval rating slides to 43.7 pct in December: poll

The public approval rating of Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan dropped by 4.7 percent in December to 43.7 percent, according to the MetroPOLL polling company. While 42.2...

Davutoğlu opens TikTok account to engage with Turkey’s youth

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄŸlu, who recently established a new political party, opened an account on TikTok, a video-sharing social networking service that has millions of...

Former intelligence officer testifies he was held hostage for 16 months, tortured

Mesut Geçer, a former official at Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) who was purged from his job due to his alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

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