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Turkish central bank cuts rates for third month

Turkey's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the third consecutive month despite plunging lira and an annual inflation rate that has...

Journalist on Turkey’s extradition list from Sweden targeted by pro-Erdoğan daily

A Turkish journalist living in exile in Sweden who's on a list of political dissidents whose extradition is demanded by the Turkish government has...

Erdoğan advises secular politician to have more children as he accepts him into AKP

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged former military officer and former secular opposition party politician Mehmet Ali Çelebi and his wife to have more children,...

Turkey detains 543 people in massive operation targeting Gülen followers

Turkish police have detained 543 people out of 704 named in detention warrants as part of an investigation into the financial activities of followers...

ECtHR rules against Turkey over post-coup detention of judges and prosecutors

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the European Convention on Human Rights by detaining 167 judges and...

Turkish hot air balloon crash kills 2 Spanish tourists in Cappadocia

Two Spanish tourists were killed and three other injured when their hot air balloon crashed in sudden high winds in the tourist magnet of...

Rights groups call Turkey’s new media law ‘dangerous, dystopian’

Human Rights Watch (HRW) and ARTICLE 19 have condemned the approval of amendments by the Turkish Parliament last week which they said introduce abusive...

Jailed former HDP lawmaker gets 11 more years on terrorist propaganda charges

A Turkish court has handed down a prison sentence of 11 years, seven months to a former lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party...

Report sheds light on Turkey’s politically motivated extradition requests amid erosion of the rule of law

A report drafted by the non-profit London Advocacy (LA), an independent consultancy firm, has revealed how the Turkish government uses extradition requests against political...

Turkey’s new ‘disinformation’ law yet another attack on free speech, critics say

The Turkish parliament on Thursday approved the “disinformation” law, which cements the government’s already-firm grip on social media platforms and news websites while criminalizing...

Student jumps to his death from Galata Tower over father’s imprisonment

Nahit Emre Güney, a 26-year-old university student, died on Wednesday after he jumped from the observation deck of Galata Tower, an İstanbul tourist destination,...

Turkey introduces jail terms for ‘fake news’

Turkey's parliament on Thursday approved a tough pre-election law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for...

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