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[OPINION] Erdoğan’s cruelty: the death of a 73-year-old prisoner

Yasemin Aydın* When a 73-year-old man with Alzheimer’s no longer recognizes his own daughter across the glass partition of a prison visitation room, what remains...

Social media restrictions persist in Turkey after police blockade of CHP İstanbul office

Access to social media and messaging platforms in Turkey remained severely restricted on Monday, more than 12 hours after police blockaded the İstanbul headquarters...

Police fire tear gas at protesters outside main opposition’s İstanbul office amid leadership battle

Turkish police fired tear gas and detained several people on Monday as they moved to disperse opposition supporters gathered outside the İstanbul headquarters of...

Opposition mayor re-arrested shortly after court-ordered release

Beykoz Mayor Alaattin Köseler from Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) was ordered back into custody on September 6, just over a day...

Turkey sets 7.5 cents per kwh state guarantee for local coal power, shifting market risk to the Treasury

Turkey will pay 7.5 US cents per kilowatt hour for electricity from domestic coal plants through 2030 under a state purchase guarantee that covers...

Main opposition applies for extraordinary intraparty vote to blunt possible ousting of leadership

Turkey’s main opposition party on Friday applied to hold an extraordinary party congress on September 21 so delegates can vote again for party leader,...

Turkey detains 41 in nationwide operations targeting Gülen movement

Forty-one people have been detained in nationwide operations in the past 10 days as part of a continuing crackdown on the faith-based Gülen movement,...

Turkey to auction off popular döner chain seized over Gülen links

Turkey’s state-run Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) has announced the sale of Maydonoz Döner, one of the country’s largest fast-food chains, for a base...

Turkey denies Israeli media claims linking it to alleged Hamas plot to kill Minister Ben-Gvir

Turkey’s Center for Combating Disinformation on Thursday denied Israeli media reports linking Ankara to an alleged Hamas plot to assassinate Israeli National Security Minister...

Google services briefly disrupted in Turkey, parts of Europe: report

Some Google services, including YouTube, were temporarily unavailable Thursday in Turkey and parts of Europe, Reuters reported, citing Turkish officials, internet monitors and user...

Turkey’s jails overflow as inmate population nears 420,000

The number of people held in Turkish prisons has risen by more than 16,000 since April, pushing the total inmate population to 419,194 as...

Anger grows over fate of İstanbul’s historic Haydarpaşa train station

When Şenay Kartal worked at İstanbul’s Haydarpaşa station, her days were filled with the rumble of trains and the bustle of passengers. But gone are...

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