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Turkey arrests TV journalist for insulting President Erdoğan

Turkey has arrested a well-known television journalist for comments she made on-air about President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Agence France-Presse reported on Saturday, citing her...

AKP-MHP alliance votes far from enough to make Erdoğan president again: survey

The results of a recent survey by İstanbul Economics Research have revealed that nationwide support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Public Alliance is...

70 journalists appeared in court every month in Turkey in 2021: report

Although the number of journalists jailed in Turkey’s prisons has begun to drop, journalists continued to face legal action for doing their job in...

Women’s Rights in Turkey: 2021 in Review

The year 2021 witnessed an increase in rights violations against women in Turkey, with rising numbers of femicide cases and the March 10 withdrawal...

[OPINION] Does Turkey really want to ease tension between Russia and Ukraine?

Türkmen Terzi US and European leaders speak cautiously against Russia, which annexed Crimea in 2014 and is increasing its military deployment in the region...

75 pct of Turkish voters favor use of indelible ink to avoid election fraud: poll

More than 75 percent of Turkish voters have said the fingers of people casting votes should be marked with semi-permanent ink to prevent repeat...

Turkish pop music diva attracts Erdoğan’s wrath due to lyrics of 2017 song

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has jumped on the bandwagon of people criticizing and threatening Turkey’s pop music diva, Sezen Aksu, who has been...

Vast majority of police officers suspected of excessive use of force go unpunished

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has stated that as few as 12 of 2,594 police officers who were suspected of excessive use of force...

Erdoğan’s approval ratings up as lira stabilizes: survey

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's approval rating rose 2.1 percentage points in January, a survey by Metropoll showed on Thursday, as the Turkish lira steadied...

Turkish FM has phone call with Israeli counterpart for first time in 13 years

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has had a phone call with his Israeli counterpart, Yair Lapid, for the first time in 13 years, amid...

NGOs urge UN to take urgent action for ailing pro-Kurdish-party politician in prison

Several nongovernmental organizations have urged the United Nations to take “urgent” action for the release of jailed Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who suffers from...

Turkish diplomats lack basic competence in some major languages: report

A report by the Brussels-based Institute for Diplomacy and Economy (INSTITUDE) on the 122 Turkish ambassadors currently serving at Turkish embassies has revealed that...

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