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Greece says Turkey should take back migrants to uphold EU deal

Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi has called on Turkey to take back 1,450 migrants to demonstrate "willingness to cooperate" with the EU on a...

İstanbul mayor gets fine on charges of insulting governor

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has been ordered by a court to pay a fine of TL 7,080 ($930) for insulting a former governor in...

Circular orders auditors to meet with relevant public bodies before releasing reports

A circular recently issued by the Turkish Court of Accounts, responsible for the auditing of public entities, instructs its staff to meet with the...

Prosecutor denies rumors about Öcalan’s death, says he’s in good health

A prosecutor’s office in the western Turkish province of Bursa has denied reports about the death of the leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’...

Prominent MP Gergerlioğlu expelled from Turkish Parliament over a 2016 tweet

In a move that has created shockwaves in Turkey and the international community, the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday expelled a prominent lawmaker and human...

Top court finds no rights violation for journalist in 5-year pretrial detention

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found no rights violation in the case of Ercan Gün, a former news editor at FOX TV who was arrested...

Five years on, EU and Turkey griping over refugee deal

Five years after the European Union and Turkey signed a deal to reduce the number of migrants crossing into the bloc, arrivals are down...

HRW calls on Turkish Parliament not to expel opposition deputy Gergerlioğlu

Any move by Turkey’s parliament to use opposition lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu’s wrongful conviction for a social media post as a pretext to strip...

Turkey, Cambodia called on to implement UN body decision on expelled educator

The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the governments of Turkey and Cambodia to implement a decision against the Kingdom...

Turkish jewelers irked at plans to force them to deposit 500 grams of gold with state banks

A draft regulation by Turkey's trade ministry which will stipulate that jewelers deposit 500 grams of gold with state-owned banks as "security" has drawn...

HDP deputy, others barred from examining destroyed Armenian cemetery in Ankara

Turkish police have prevented opposition lawmaker Garo Paylan along with representatives from the Ankara branch of the Turkish Chamber of Architects from examining the...

Prominent lawmaker facing expulsion from Turkish Parliament vows not to leave

Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, a lawmaker in the Turkish Parliament and a prominent human rights activist, has vowed not to leave after a court decision...

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