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Interior minister targets İstanbul mayor for support of Kurdish mayors removed from office

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has targeted İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu for a visit to Diyarbakır where he met with Kurdish mayors who have been removed...

Netflix will stay in Turkey after new Internet broadcasting rules announced

US online streaming service Netflix has applied for a license to continue operating in Turkey under new online broadcasting rules, the head of the country’s television...

2 Kurdish mayors challenge Interior Ministry’s expulsion decision in court

Two out of three mayors in southeastern Turkey who were recently expelled from office by Turkey’s Interior Ministry on the grounds that they have links to...

AKP moves to expel 4 members including former PM Davutoğlu from party

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has taken action to expel four members including former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, who is planning to establish a...

RTÜK begins supervision of Internet broadcasting in Turkey

A newly passed regulation authorizing Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) to exercise vast powers over online streaming services took effect as of Monday, the BirGün...

Child abuse in religious school in Turkey leads to public outcry

More than 20 minors were allegedly subjected to sexual abuse by instructors at a religious school in İstanbul, according to a report on Sunday by the...

Malaysian human rights group says deportation of Turkish family ‘wrong and unjust’

A Malaysian human rights group has said the deportation of Arif Komiş and his family to Turkey upon a request from Ankara, which claimed they were...

Turkey detains 15 journalists, bans 700 news articles, in August

Fifteen Turkish journalists were detained and access was banned to 700 online news articles in the month of August, according to a Free Journalists Initiative (ÖGİ) report,...

Prior conviction prevents Demirtaş’s release from prison after court ruling

The Ankara 19th High Criminal Court on Monday ruled to release jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin Demirtaş pending trial, but he was not allowed to leave prison...

Erdoğan pledges reform in judiciary at new judicial year ceremony: report

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday said his government would move forward with reforms to the country’s judicial system, the Hürriyet Daily News reported. “We are...

Turkey has prosecuted some 1,500 lawyers, arrested 599, since failed coup: report

Turkey has prosecuted more than 1,500 attorneys, arresting 599 of them, on terrorism charges, since a 2016 failed coup, according to a newly released...

Defense minister says 17,498 expelled from Turkish military so far over Gülen links

Turkey’s defense minister, Hulusi Akar, has announced that to date a total of 17,498 members of the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have been expelled from the...

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