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Turkey’s far-right leader slams Die Linke MP for calling MHP members ‘fascists’

Devlet Bahçeli, the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and an ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Wednesday slammed a lawmaker...

Dismissed academic turned laborer killed in construction site accident

Mustafa Çamaş, a prominent bioengineering professor fired from his job by a government decree in the aftermath of a July 15, 2016 coup attempt...

Turkey’s Erdoğan is on a rampage against rights and democracy, says HRW

The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is escalating its assaults on critics, parliamentary democracy and women’s rights, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) in...

Turkey’s central bank governor accused of laundering money for mafia: report

The newly appointed governor of the Turkish Central Bank was accused of laundering money for the mafia and a neo-nationalist gang when he was...

Erdoğan urges Turks to put gold, foreign currency in banks to help economy

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday called on citizens of Turkey to put any foreign currency or gold they keep at home in banks...

Packed AKP meeting draws ire as Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases exceed 26K

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has sparked anger from people on social media for holding its 7th Ordinary Grand Congress in a...

Erdoğan removes parts about Istanbul treaty from his speech text

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who in a sudden move early Saturday took Turkey out of the Istanbul Convention, an international treaty against domestic...

Germany acknowledges ultranationalists’ increasing influence over Turkey’s AKP

The German federal government has said in response to a parliamentary question submitted by the Left Party that it is aware of the far-right...

Journalist sentenced to prison on terrorism charges in first hearing of trial

A journalist was sentenced to 15 months in prison on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda in the first hearing of her trial at a...

Row erupts in France over state funding for Milli Görüş mosque

A row has erupted in France over plans to build a mosque in Strasbourg, with the interior ministry on Wednesday accusing the municipal authorities...

Another Syrian refugee in Turkey falls victim to apparent hate crime

Another Syrian refugee in Turkey has become a victim of a hate crime as an unidentified young man who was collecting trash was assaulted...

5 women murdered in Turkey in a day amid protests against withdrawal from Istanbul Convention

At least five women were killed by men in one day amid nationwide protests against Turkey’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a...

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