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Cypriot journalist faces investigation over comments ‘insulting Turkish state’

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into a Turkish Cypriot journalist on accusations of "insulting the Turkish state" over her...

Former top military judge sentenced to 7 years in prison over Gülen links

Salih Buçukoğlu, a former member of Turkey's Supreme Military Administrative Court, has been handed down a prison sentence of seven-and-a-half years on terrorism charges...

Family of military cadet killed by mob on coup night ordered to pay compensation

The family of Murat Tekin, who was killed by a mob on the Bosporus Bridge on the night of a 2016 failed coup in...

284 women killed in Turkey in domestic violence in 2020

At least 284 women were killed in Turkey at the hands of men in 2020, according to a parliamentary question submitted by an opposition...

Illiterate woman summoned by police over social media post

An illiterate woman has been summoned to a police station in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır due to a social media message she allegedly...

Turkey’s media watchdog says TV guests can’t be allowed freedom of expression

In a controversial move, Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has stated that guests on TV programs cannot be allowed...

Second batch of CoronaVac vaccine arrives in Turkey from China

The second batch of a coronavirus vaccine ordered from Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac arrived in Turkey on Monday. A Turkish Airlines plane carrying 6.5 million...

41 jailed post-coup victims died of cancer in 4 years

A total of 41 people who were jailed in a post-coup purge launched by the Turkish government in the aftermath of a failed coup...

Turkey cracks down on migrant trafficking after talks with EU

Turkish police on Saturday detained 72 suspected migrant traffickers in operations across the country following an agreement on the need for consensus reached in...

Most people in Turkey are in debt amid COVID-19 pandemic, survey reveals

A recent report drafted by the Public Services Employees Union of Turkey (Genel-İş), affiliated with the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DİSK), on the...

Support for executive presidency in Turkey below 35 percent: survey

Nationwide support for the executive-style presidential system that was adopted in Turkey with 51.4 percent of the vote in an April 2017 referendum dropped...

Man arrested for insulting Erdoğan after brief detention for insulting interior minister

A Turkish man who allegedly insulted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on social media was arrested by a court on Friday, two days after he...

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