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Opposition says Erdoğan seeking to acquire more power through new constitution

Cevheri Güven Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan recently hinted at the possibility of drafting a new constitution, prompting various interpretations on the part of the...

US senators urge Biden administration to press Turkey on human rights record in bipartisan letter

US Senators Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, and Florida Republican Marco Rubio, today urged the new Biden administration to press the Turkish government...

Turkish gov’t imposes record number of advertising bans on opposition newspapers in 2020

Turkey’s Press Advertising Agency (BİK), the state body responsible for regulating publicly funded advertisements in the media, in 2020 imposed 88 percent of its...

Altan’s magic is stronger than Turkish prison walls: Italian journalist Saviano

In an open letter published by Corriere della Sera, Italian journalist and writer Roberto Saviano said Turkish authorities’ refusal to release Ahmet Altan, a prominent...

56 former officers and an active duty officer face detention warrants over Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 57 former military officers as well as one still on active duty over their alleged links to...

Complaints about public institutions in Turkey surged by 330 pct in 2020

The Turkish Ombudsman, which looks into complaints regarding the delivery of public services in the country, received more than 90,000 complaints in 2020, a...

Damascus slams Turkey’s decision to open more public services in northern Syria

The Syrian government has criticized Turkey's decision to open schools and a medical faculty in northern Syria, accusing Ankara of violating international law, Syrian...

Remaining defendants in mining disaster trial released from prison prior to retrial

Turkey’s top appeals court has ruled for the release from prison prior to retrial of the three remaining defendants in a negligent death trial,...

3 youths briefly detained for hanging wanted poster for former minister

Police briefly detained three members of the main opposition party's youth branch caught hanging wanted posters for Turkey’s former finance minister, Berat Albayrak, the...

Academic labeled by Erdoğan as provocateur says Boğaziçi students are smart, can’t be provoked

A professor at Turkey's embattled Boğaziçi University whom President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan referred to as "one of the provocateurs" instigating protests against the appointment...

Turkey’s alleged ISIL leader sentenced to 12 years behind bars

Halis Bayancuk, who is accused of being the Turkey leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has been sentenced by...

European rights court faults Turkey over girl forced into prostitution

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled against Turkey in the case of a girl who was forced into prostitution from...

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