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In his quest to rein in social media, Erdoğan encounters an unfamiliar resistance

Turkey has fined Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok TL 10 million ($ 1.18 million) each. According to a recently enacted law, continued...

Kurdish deputy among 65 from Turkey seeking asylum in Greece: report

A Kurdish member of the Turkish parliament is among 65 people including other Kurds and former public servants who have fled government persecution in...

Turkish Airlines lost $614 mln in first 9 months of 2020: report

Turkey's national flag carrier Turkish Airlines (THY) recorded a net loss of TL 5.2 billion ($614 million) during the first nine months of 2020...

Turkey hands down 4,154 prison sentences in 289 coup trials so far

Turkish courts have thus far handed down sentences to 4,154 defendants in 137 cases involving a failed coup in 2016, according to the state-run...

Journalist Baransu had ‘terror motives’ in publishing state documents, court says

A Mersin court that handed down a prison sentence of 19 years, six months to jailed investigative journalist Mehmet Baransu on three separate charges...

Gang in İstanbul provides false negative COVID-19 test results for travelers: report

An illegal group in İstanbul is selling false negative COVID-19 test results to Turks in order to facilitate their abroad, according to a report...

Scientist warns of possible rough coronavirus winter for Turkey

Professor Levent Akın, a member of Turkey’s scientific board advising the government on COVID-19, has expressed concern about a surge in the number of...

Turkey denies alleged enforced disappearance of Yusuf Tunç when questioned by ECtHR

Cevheri Güven The Turkish government, answering questions posed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), has denied claims that Yusuf Bilge Tunç was abducted...

Turkey authorizes Qatar-based company to train aviation personnel

The Qatar-based Gulf Helicopters has been authorized by Turkey’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to train Qatari aviation personnel for a certificate of...

Turkey announces some measures to contain coronavirus pandemic

The Turkish government, which is being criticized for allowing the coronavirus pandemic to get out of control by not taking adequate steps to contain...

Soldier allegedly attacked for defending education in Kurdish language faces terror charges

Çetin Doğan, a military conscript allegedly attacked by two other soldiers for defending Kurdish-language education in Turkey, faces charges that include dissemination of propaganda...

Retrial of 8 journalists begins after sentences overturned by high court

Eight journalists appeared in an İstanbul criminal court on Wednesday in the first hearing of their retrial, made possible when the country’s top court...

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