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European Parliament urges Turkey to release Swedish journalist

The European Parliament on Wednesday called on Turkey to immediately release a Swedish journalist convicted by a Turkish court of insulting the country's president. Joakim...

16 face prison for allegedly insulting Erdoğan at protests condemning mayor’s arrest

Turkish prosecutors have filed charges against 16 people, accusing them of “insulting the president” during demonstrations in front of İstanbul city hall protesting the...

Turkey’s top court rejects petition to annul controversial stray dog law

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected a petition seeking the annulment of a controversial law that critics say endangers the lives of stray dogs across...

Turkey, Israel must ease tensions in Syria: analysts

Six months after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and Israel are both operating in Syria with starkly opposing agendas, stoking fears of a...

Turkey faces wave of criticism over rule of law, freedom of expression at UN rights review

Turkey came under heavy scrutiny during the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review on Tuesday, as dozens of countries raised concerns over...

Turkish state lender Halkbank appeals Iran sanctions case to US Supreme Court: report

Turkey’s state-owned Halkbank has asked the US Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that allows it to be prosecuted for allegedly helping...

Jailed İstanbul mayor files lawsuit over revocation of university diploma

İstanbul's jailed and suspended Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the opposition’s presidential candidate whose arrest in March led to mass protests against the Turkish government, has...

EU lawmakers demand firm response to Turkey’s rights abuses after İstanbul mayor’s arrest

Thirty-two members of the European Parliament have called on the European Commission to take urgent action over what they describe as escalating human rights...

2 executives from Turkey’s top business group face new charges over gov’t criticism

İstanbul prosecutors have filed a new indictment against two senior executives of the country’s leading business group after they criticized government policies in a...

Turkey’s annual inflation eases to 37.9 percent

Turkey's annual inflation rate slowed in April for the 11th month in a row, official data showed Monday. Consumer price increases slowed to 37.9 percent,...

Veteran MP from pro-Kurdish party dies at 62

Sırrı Süreyya Önder, a veteran politician respected across Turkey's political spectrum for his efforts to end the conflict between Ankara and Kurdish militants, died...

Erdoğan visits northern Cyprus amid scrutiny of Turkish-backed territory after whistleblower’s murder

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to northern Cyprus on Saturday, aimed at demonstrating Ankara’s political and financial backing of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot...

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