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Ankara Governor’s Office bans meeting planned by purge victims

The Ankara Governor’s Office has banned a meeting planned to take place in the capital city this weekend by victims of a government purge in the...

Former HDP deputy released from jail after top court’s ruling

Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy who has been behind bars since late 2018, has been released from prison following a decision...

Turkish polling guru says AKP’s ‘core voter base’ at low point

Bekir Ağırdır, the general manager of KONDA, one of Turkey’s leading polling companies, said the core voter base of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has...

Turkish victims of boat tragedy laid to rest on Chios Island

Seven Turks -- two women and five children -- who drowned when a boat carrying 19 people capsized on Sept. 27 in the eastern Aegean...

Ankara mayor files complaint against former mayor over claims of water pollution in capital

Ankara Mayor Mansur YavaÅŸ has filed a criminal complaint against Melih Gökçek, mayor of  Ankara from 1994 to 2017, on allegations of creating panic and fear...

Turkey’s top court rules rights violation in case of jailed former HDP politician

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that there has been a violation of the freedom of expression in the case of Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a former Peoples’...

Public agencies boycott bottled water from İstanbul Municipality after İmamoğlu’s election

A growing number of public agencies are terminating their contracts with Hamidiye Water, a subsidiary of the Ä°stanbul Metropolitan Municipality, following the June election of Ekrem...

At least 347 women murdered in first nine months of 2019, report reveals

A report drafted by the Umut (Hope) Foundation, a leading advocate of gun control in Turkey, has revealed that at least 347 women were killed in...

Newly established presidential Investment Office spent $10 million in one year

At a time when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are being criticized for wasting taxpayers’ money, a report from...

Prosecutor asks parliament permission to prosecute Kurdish deputy on terrorism charge

A Diyarbakır prosecutor has submitted a summary of proceedings to the Turkish parliament accusing Leyla Güven, a deputy from the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), of...

Turkey’s TRT asks scientist to contradict opposition mayor over water quality

Professor Esin Davutoğlu Şenol, a microbiologist at Gazi University in Ankara, has said she was asked by Turkey’s state-funded TRT broadcaster to contradict newly elected opposition mayor...

Turkey orders detention of 99 soldiers, ex-military doctors, over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have ordered the detention of 99 people, including military members and former military doctors, as part of a large-scale post-coup crackdown targeting followers of...

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