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Justice Ministry says Turkey building 137 new prisons

Turkey has been building 137 new prisons with a capacity to house 88,367 inmates, according to the Justice Ministry, the Gazete Duvar news website reported. As of...

Fitch downgrades Turkey’s rating, cites sacking of central bank governor

Ratings agency Fitch downgraded Turkey’s sovereign rating to “BB-“ on Friday, saying the dismissal of its central bank governor heightens doubts over the authorities’...

Çavuşoğlu: EU sanctions for drilling in eastern Mediterranean will backfire

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Friday responded to a draft statement by the European Union calling on Ankara to halt drilling efforts in the eastern...

New İstanbul mayor welcomes prominent Kurdish football team

Ekrem İmamoğlu, the newly elected mayor of İstanbul, has received executives from Amedspor, a football club based in the predominantly Kurdish Southeast, the Bold Medya news website...

Purge victim says jailed husband grieving death of 4 family members needs urgent treatment

Hatice Civelek, a purged teacher whose husband was jailed as part of an ongoing witch-hunt against followers of the Gülen movement, has called for the release...

Turkish Cypriots to propose joint commission to address drilling dispute in eastern Med: report

Turkish Cyprus has announced that it will suggest the establishment of a joint commission with Greek Cyprus that will deal with an ongoing dispute between the...

Turks increasingly prefer foreign currencies over lira in last 26 weeks: report

Turks held some $115.5 billion in foreign currencies in their bank accounts as of July 5, according to central bank data, indicating a solid 26-week increase...

15-year-old Kurdish girl released pending trial after 12-day detention

A 15-year-old Kurdish girl who was taken into police custody along with other family members was released 12 days later, the gazetekarınca news website reported on...

Erdoğan says Turkey could face problems if central bank not overhauled: report

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey could face serious problems if its central bank is not completely overhauled after the dismissal of Governor Murat Çetinkaya, Reuters...

Turkey halves economic development targets for 2023: report

Turkey has virtually halved its economic development targets for 2023 in a new five-year development plan released by the presidential strategy and budget office on Monday,...

Turkey orders detention of 228 soldiers over Gülen links as 3rd anniversary of coup attempt approaches

Ahead of the third anniversary of a July 2016 coup attempt, Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants for 228 military members as part of a post-coup...

CoE calls on Turkey to repair damage to Turkish judiciary inflicted by state of emergency

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has called on Turkish authorities to take immediate action to restore confidence in the judiciary, which she...

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