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Investigations into exercise of freedom of speech soar during ErdoÄŸan’s presidency

Investigations have been launched into 211,523 people in Turkey on various accusations involving freedom of expression during the first six years of Recep Tayyip...

Turkish court imposes house arrest, travel ban on 3 YouTube journalists

Three YouTube journalists known for their candid street interviews who were detained on Sunday after police raided their homes were ordered to remain under...

Home sales to foreigners in Turkey skyrocketed in November due to lira meltdown

House sales to foreigners in Turkey jumped by 48.4 percent in November year-on-year, the Artı Gerçek news website reported, citing an announcement from the...

Former Erdoğan supporters change son’s name from Recep Tayyip to Aras

A couple from Turkey's southern KahramanmaraÅŸ province has secured a court order changing the name of their son from Recep Tayyip to Aras amid...

Man gets suspended sentence for sharing ErdoÄŸan cartoons on social media

A man in the central Turkish province of Konya has been given a suspended sentence of 14 months on charges of insulting President Recep...

Opposition alliance gains ground as AKP-MHP bloc bleeds more votes: poll

A survey conducted by the ORC Research Company has shown that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its ally continue to bleed...

Depreciation of lira makes shopping in Turkey a bargain for neighbors

A growing number of people from neighboring countries are visiting Turkey to shop, with the rapidly depreciating lira making it an ideal spot to...

102 former officers, private sector employees face detention over alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 64 former military officers and 38 private sector employees over their alleged links to the Gülen movement,...

Armenia, Turkey to appoint envoys in bid to mend ties

Armenia said Tuesday it will appoint a special envoy on mending ties with arch-foe Turkey, a day after a similar announcement from Ankara, Agence...

Social media is a ‘threat to democracy,’ Erdoğan says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan described social media on Saturday as one of the main threats to democracy, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported,...

Turkish lira hits record low, dragging central bank to the rescue

The Turkish lira hit a record low of 14.99 to the US dollar on Monday before the central bank intervened in the foreign exchange...

AKP politician filmed after alleged drug use complains of conspiracy

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) politician has alleged a conspiracy against him, claiming he was knocked out and filmed as if he were...

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