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Erdoğan says Turkey will restart cannabis production

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Wednesday that Turkey would restart the production of cannabis after claiming that Turkey’s enemies took away the...

İstanbul grants permit to build first Orthodox church in city since 1923

The mayor of İstanbul’s Bakırköy district on Wednesday issued a building permit to the leaders of a Christian minority in the city for a...

Turkey ranks 110th among 160 countries in The Economist’s democracy index

According to the latest edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index, released by The Economist on Tuesday, Turkey was ranked 110th among 167...

Erdoğan claims reforms under his rule made Turkey’s media more democratic and free

Head of the country designated as the largest jailer of professional journalist in the world, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed in a message...

Purged policeman who served during operations in SE Turkey: I should have resigned

A Turkish police officer now living in exile has expressed regret for agreeing to serve in special forces operations in Turkey’s Kurdish towns in...

Journalist gets 1 year for reporting on parliament speaker’s sons’ offshore companies

Former Cumhuriyet reporter Pelin Ünker on Tuesday received a one year, one month and 15 day sentence and was ordered to pay 8,860 Turkish...

JWF: Int’l community should urge Turkey to repeal abusive counterterrorism laws

The New York-based Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF) has called on the international community to urge the Turkish government to repeal the country’s current...

[UPDATE] Detention warrant issued for former CHP deputy shortly after release from jail

An İstanbul court on Monday evening issued a detention warrant for former Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Eren Erdem, who was released pending trial...

Prosecutor opens second investigation into actor for ‘encouraging people to armed rebellion’

As part of an ongoing investigation into critical remarks made by veteran Turkish actor Metin Akpınar, the prosecutor in the case on Monday launched...

Over a thousand well-educated Turks moved to the Netherlands last year

According to data provided by the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND), 1,020 academics and other well-educated people from Turkey applied for jobs in...

Turkish NBA star Kanter to skip London trip, fearing Erdoğan reprisal

New York center Enes Kanter will not travel to London for the Knicks’ upcoming international game because he believes he could be assassinated for...

Top court rejects former inmate’s petition over violation of right to communicate with family

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has found inadmissible a petition from a former inmate who claimed that his right to communicate with his family had been...

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