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Turkey begins vaccinating healthcare workers after authorization

Turkey on Thursday began vaccinating its healthcare workers with CoronaVAC, developed by China’s Sinovac, against the coronavirus after the country’s health regulator, the Turkish...

Turkey leads the world in Twitter censorship

Turkey leads the world in Twitter censorship according to transparency report data for the years 2012 to 2020, submitting the largest number of takedown requests and...

Millions in Turkey are on Erdoğan’s ‘terrorist’ list

Turkey's strongman, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, keeps accusing more of his opponents and the groups opposing his decisions of being "terrorists," a move seen...

Anti-gov’t TV station fined due to remarks of former minister against headscarf freedom

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has imposed an administrative fine on the anti-government Halk TV due to the remarks...

9 Kurdish deputies to face proceedings over charges related to Kobani protests

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has started preparing summaries of proceedings for nine pro-Kurdish lawmakers, including Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Pervin Buldan,...

Turkey officially lifts ban on Uber

Turkey has officially lifted an access ban on the mobile app of global ridesharing company Uber after an appeals court last month overturned a...

Turkey bars access to reports covering gag order on AKP-era corruption files

An İstanbul court has blocked access to news reports covering a ruling made by another local court that blocked access to nearly 300 reports...

ECtHR urges Albania not to deport Gülen follower to Turkey

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg sent an official request to Albania asking it not to deport a Turkish citizen who...

Turkey quarantines eastern village after discovery of COVID-19 variant

The Turkish government imposed a temporary quarantine on a village in the southeastern province of Muş after detecting a case of new and potentially...

Purge victim buried in a hurry, jailed husband not allowed to attend funeral: report

Fatma Görmez, 43, a former teacher fired from her job by an emergency decree-law who passed away yesterday from multiple health problems, was hurriedly...

Behind Turkey’s WhatsApp panic: the ByLock experience

Tens of thousands of people in Turkey have begun leaving messaging app WhatsApp for other worldwide applications such as Telegram, Signal or the domestically...

Turkey’s Energy Ministry has overseas companies in tax havens: report

The Directorate for Strategy Development of Turkey’s Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has revealed in a written answer to a parliamentary question that...

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