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Ankara’s narrative on the killing of Russian envoy debunked, rights monitor says

The Brussels-based nongovernmental organization Solidarity with OTHERS has reviewed the indictment in a trial concerning the assassination of a Russian ambassador to Turkey, presenting...

AKP-MHP working on election-related legislation while seemingly reluctant to heed calls for early election

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) are seemingly uninterested in snap elections proposed by opposition parties...

İstanbul Mayor İmamoğlu hospitalized after positive coronavirus test

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on Saturday announced on social media that he has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 and registering a fever. Sharing...

Lower court can’t defy top court ruling to retry ex-MP: Turkish parliament speaker

Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop has criticized a decision by an İstanbul court to disregard a ruling by the Constitutional Court (AYM) for the...

Turkish president confirms S-400 tests, draws further US condemnation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday confirmed that the Turkish military recently conducted a missile-firing exercise with S-400 advanced air-defense system it has...

Exclusive: Inmate tortured to death in Turkish prison, brother claims

Cevheri Güven “My brother was tortured to death in a cell where he was kept alone,” Hakan Tumay, brother of Serkan Tumay, who recently died...

Police detain 4 HDP provincial and district co-chairs in Diyarbakır

Turkish police have detained the Diyarbakır provincial co-chairs and Yenişehir district co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) following a raid on the...

Turkey’s 2021 budget to include substantial increase in defense, security spending

The Turkish government budget for 2021, which has been submitted to parliament for approval, includes a huge increase in security-related spending and amounts in...

Turkey will send soldiers if Azerbaijan asks: Turkish vice president

Turkey will not hesitate to send soldiers in the event Azerbaijan asks for help in the conflict over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkish...

Trial of suspects accused of killing Kurdish lawyer in 2015 to continue into 2021

Proceedings were adjourned until March 2021 during the first hearing in a trial concerning the killing of a prominent Kurdish lawyer who was shot...

Turkish court arrests Jordanian accused of espionage for the UAE

A Turkish court has arrested Ahmed al-Astal, a Jordanian citizen who was recently detained by Turkish intelligence officers and counterterrorism police over alleged spying...

Trial of police officers accused of killing Kurdish human rights lawyer begins

The trial of three police officers charged with the fatal shooting of Tahir Elçi, a prominent Kurdish human rights lawyer who was shot in...

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