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8 Turkish journalists to start serving prison sentences

Turkey is about to send eight journalists and media staff to prison after their sentences were upheld by an appeals court, the Medyascope news website reported on...

Presidency takes over control of Turkey’s Anadolu news agency

The Presidential Communications Directorate has taken control of Turkey’s state news agency, according to a presidential decree in the Official Gazette on Friday. The presidential body is...

Erdoğan lashes out at FT, Western media, over reporting on Turkish economy

Turkey's president has lashed out at the Financial Times (FT) and other Western media, accusing them of falsely portraying the Turkish economy as being on the...

Turkey remains 157th out of 180 countries in media freedom index: RSF

Turkey’s ranking in Reporters Without Borders’ (RSF) 2018 World Press Freedom Index, released on Thursday, remained at 157th out of 180 countries as the country continues...

Teacher who said ‘Don’t let children die’ on TV jailed again

Teacher Ayşe Çelik, who during a TV program in 2016 called for an end to clashes between Kurdish militants and Turkish security forces in Diyarbakır and...

Turkish cabaret artist receives death threats in Germany

İdil Baydar, a Berliner cabaret artist of Turkish descent, has revealed that she is receiving messages threatening her with death, Deutsche Welle Turkish service reported on Wednesday. “Leave Germany...

Opposition’s İmamoğlu officially declared mayor of İstanbul

The opposition’s İstanbul mayoral candidate, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was on Wednesday officially declared the new mayor of Turkey’s largest city, after 17 days of objections and vote...

Ankara police blacklist university students, seek their expulsion: report

The Ankara Police Department has blacklisted some university students who attended demonstrations or press statement releases in Ankara and asked their university administrations to expel them from...

CoE says Turkey not allowing elected mayors to take office undermines rule of law

Secretary-General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Thorbjørn Jagland has written a letter to the head of Turkey’s election authority telling him that prevention of democratically...

European rights court rules Turkey wrong to detain judge after coup attempt

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday ruled that Turkey had violated the rights to liberty and security of Alparslan Altan, a...

İstanbul mayor-elect says minister ordered clubs to prevent his attendance at matches

Ekrem İmamoğlu, who was elected mayor of İstanbul according to unofficial results in the March 31 local elections, has said Turkish football clubs Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş...

Turkey’s unemployment rate climbs to a decade-high at 14.7 percent

Turkey’s unemployment rate surged to 14.7 percent in the December-February period, its highest level in nearly a decade according to official data on Monday, as the...

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