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Erdoğan, İstanbul mayor spar over number of post-quake assembly zones in city

In the wake of a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that shook İstanbul on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said there are tens of thousands of post-earthquake...

Turkish pro-gov’t media tycoon presses charges against journalist over article

Serhat Albayrak, vice chairman of the board of directors at the pro-government Turkuvaz media group, has filed a lawsuit against government-critical journalist and academic Ceren Sözeri over...

Turkish scientist gets 15 months for revealing secret documents on public health

A Turkish court on Thursday handed down a 15-month prison sentence to Bülent Şık, a scientist and columnist, who was accused of revealing secret documents in...

Following Erdoğan’s remarks, police fine more than 5,000 for smoking in cars

Following remarks made by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday arguing that smoking inside private vehicles, for both drivers and passengers, must be prohibited,...

2 injured in bomb attack targeting Turkish engineers’ car in Somalia

At least two people were injured in a bomb attack targeting a Turkish education organization vehicle in Somalia’s capital on Thursday, the state-run Anadolu...

5.8 magnitude earthquake shakes buildings in İstanbul with mild damage

A moderate 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook buildings and damaged two mosques in İstanbul on Thursday, slightly injuring eight people and causing residents to rush...

Turkish parliament speaker’s office denies receiving 2016 coup attempt inquiry report

The speaker’s office of the Turkish parliament has denied having in its archives a parliamentary inquiry report on a 2016 attempted coup that was...

Court cases opened against 41 for alleged irregularities in local İstanbul elections

Three indictments for a total of 41 people who took part in running the March 31 local elections in İstanbul were accepted by three...

Support for MHP, Erdoğan’s ally, decreased to 4 percent, opposition leader says

A nationalist opposition party leader has said public support in Turkey for the ruling party’s ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), has decreased to...

Turkey’s Diyanet exceeded its budget, spent TL 3 billion more in 2018

Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, or Diyanet, went beyond the budget allocated to it from the state and spent TL 3 billion more in 2018, according to...

Mothers of jailed military cadets detained after leaving home on day of protest

The mothers of former two military cadets who are among dozens of cadets jailed in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016 were detained...

5 injured as explosion hits riot police bus in southern Turkey

A bomb blast has hit a bus carrying police in Turkey's southern city of Adana, slightly injuring five people, according to local officials. The governor's office in...

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