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Former Turkish PM Davutoğlu launches new party opposed to ‘leader cult’ politics

A former Turkish premier and ex-ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched a new party on Friday, saying it would stand against “cult of the leader”...

Cancer patient arrested over Gülen links shortly after surgery

A woman in the southern Turkish province of Antalya who underwent surgery a month ago has been arrested on terrorism charges due to her alleged links...

Study finds Turkish youth less pious than expected in last decade

Although Turkey’s Islamist government has been trying to increase the level of piousness in the society, the number of young people fulfilling their daily religious duties...

Turkey only country to vote against UN resolution on oceans and seas

Turkey was the only member to vote against two resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly on the oceans and seas linked to the landmark 1982...

Turkey named 2nd worst jailer of journalists in press freedom watchdog report

Turkey has been listed as the second country, following China, with the highest number of journalists in jail, according to the annual report of the New...

Amnesty poll shows 82 percent of Turks believe human rights are under attack

More than 82 percent of the Turkish public thinks that people’s rights and freedoms are being violated, according to a poll conducted by MetroPoll at the...

Erdoğan implies Nobel laureate Pamuk is a ‘terrorist’

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday implied that Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk is a “terrorist,” saying that the Nobel committee gave the prize to a “terrorist...

Jailed Kurdish politician says health problems remain despite hospital visit

Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), who has been in jail since November 2016, has said problems with his health remain...

Mayor İmamoğlu denies agreement to cooperate on Canal İstanbul

İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has denied a claim by Transportation Minister Mehmet Cahit Turhan that his municipality is in agreement with the government for construction of the...

İstanbul police disperse Turkish women’s ‘Las Tesis’ gathering

Police dispersed a protest in İstanbul during which women sang their rendition of the feminist protest song "A rapist in your path," which has...

UN rights body rules against extradition of Gülen follower from Morocco to Turkey

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has ruled against the extradition of a teacher linked to the Gülen movement from Morocco...

NATO left Ankara alone in its fight against terrorism, Turkish minister says

NATO allies failed to reach an agreement at a summit in London this week, and Ankara was left alone in its fight against terrorism, Turkish Defense...

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