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[ANALYSIS] Erdoğan’s TCG Anadolu propaganda: Hiding the results of political choices

Fatih Yurtsever* Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's election strategy for the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for May 14 hinges primarily on public support garnered...

Turkey’s Feb. 6 earthquake death toll reaches 50,500: minister

The death toll in Turkey from two powerful earthquakes that hit on Feb. 6 has risen to 50,500, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced...

Levent will not attend TIME’s 100 Most Influential People gala due to criticism of Turkish gov’t

Haluk Levent, the Turkish rock star who was named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2023, has refused to attend a gala...

Int’l press organizations call on Turkey to stop punishing critical reporting ahead of elections

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom along with 19 other press freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organizations has called on Turkey’s...

Islamist groups target female AKP politicians for defending law on protecting women

Two female politicians from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government have been facing attacks and criticism from some Islamist groups and conservative...

Turkey’s Feb. 6 earthquakes were most powerful to occur on land: study

Twin earthquakes that hit Turkey’s south on Feb. 6 causing more than 50,000 deaths were likely the most potent doublet ever to occur on...

Indictment of Kurdish journalists jailed for 10 months accepted by court

A high criminal court in southeastern Turkey has accepted an indictment of 21 people, the vast majority of whom are Kurdish journalists who have...

Opposition MP admits post-coup purge of bureaucrats carried out with no solid evidence

An opposition lawmaker who was a member of a commission formed to investigate an attempted coup in 2016 has said a post-coup purge of...

[OPINION] Militant secularists meddle in politicking ahead of crucial Turkish elections

Türkmen Terzi Although 99 percent of Turkey's population is Muslim, the country is constitutionally a secular state with no official religion. As a result, the...

Kurdish villager dumped from helicopter sentenced to prison on terrorism conviction

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of seven-and-a-half years to a Kurdish villager who was allegedly dumped off a military helicopter...

Amnesty International warns Turkey of human rights violations in HDP closure case

Amnesty International expressed serious concern over a closure case against Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and its potential impact on the human rights...

Turkey unveils its first drone carrier

Turkey on Monday unveiled an amphibious assault ship built to carry light aircraft and military drones, Agence France-Presse reported. The TCG Anadolu, which is 231...

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