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Jews, Armenians, Syrians main targets of hate speech in Turkish papers in 2018

Jews, Armenians and Syrians were the top groups subjected to hate speech in the Turkish media in 2018, according to a report published by the Hrant...

Former PM DavutoÄŸlu resigns from AKP but fails to launch new party: report

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, once President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s closest ally, said on Friday he had resigned from the ruling Justice and Development Party...

ErdoÄŸan seeks to seize assets of two late coup generals

Lawyers for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have applied to the country’s Supreme Court of Appeals seeking the confiscation of all assets of the late generals...

7 killed, 10 injured in roadside explosion in southeastern Turkey

At least seven people were killed and 10 others were seriously injured in an explosion in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbakır believed to have...

[UPDATE] 5 Cumhuriyet journalists released from prison after top court ruling

Five journalists from the Cumhuriyet daily who have been in prison since April were released on Thursday evening after Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals (Yargıtay) overturned the...

Turkish teacher says unidentified men tried to abduct him in Ankara

A Turkish teacher said three unidentified men tried to abduct him in Ankara as he was about to get into his car but that they...

Islamist opposition party’s former chair faces 9-year sentence over Gülen links

A Turkish prosecutor has indicted Mustafa Kamalak, the former chairman of the Islamist opposition Felicity Party (SP), on allegations of supporting the faith-based Gülen movement, demanding...

Turkish court acquits British academic who signed peace petition

An Ä°stanbul high criminal court on Thursday ruled to acquit British academic Chris Stephenson, who was tried for allegedly spreading terrorist propaganda due to his signature on...

Journalist following suspicious death of child flees Turkey, says he’s under investigation

Metin Cihan, a freelance Turkish journalist who has been closely following the case of the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of 11-year-old Rabia Naz Vatan, announced on...

Turkey’s top censor tells broadcasters to report positive developments

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) on Wednesday said broadcasters should include positive developments in their reports instead of focusing on the negative, the Deutsche Welle...

Journalist parts ways with pro-gov’t daily after facing censorship over critical article

Özlem Albayrak, a columnist who had worked for the pro-government Yeni Şafak daily for years, announced that she parted ways with the daily after it refused...

Demirtaş’s lawyers apply for parole after latest court ruling

Lawyers for jailed Kurdish politician Selahattin DemirtaÅŸ have applied for parole for a prior conviction that prevented DemirtaÅŸ from leaving prison after an Ankara court rejected a...

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