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Thirty-year-old purge victim dies of pneumonia in Turkish prison

Nesrin Gençosman, a 30-year-old Turkish woman who was put in pre-trial detention in early May 2018 over alleged links to Gülen movement, died in...

Moody’s highlights concern about Turkey central bank independence

Amid debates on new Turkish cabinet appointed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, ratings agency Moody’s highlighted concern about the independence of the Turkish central...

Israeli court releases Turkish national pending trial

Turkish national Ebru Ozkan, who has been under arrest since June 11 for allegedly aiding Palestinian group Hamas during a touristic visit to Jerusalem,...

Current account deficit widens in May to $5.9 bln, central bank announces

Turkey's current account deficit widened by $516 million year-on-year to reach $5.9 billion in May, the state-run Anadolu agency reported on Wednesday, citing the...

Turkish FM says first S-400 missile delivery to Turkey scheduled for 2019

Turkey’s foreign minister on Wednesday said Turkey would take delivery of the first Russian S-400 missile batteries by late 2019, the state-run Anadolu news...

Court rules to continue Booking.com ban in Turkey

The İstanbul 5th Commercial Court of First Instance on Wednesday rejected an appeal filed by the Booking.com online hotel booking platform to lift a...

Court rules to keep Kurdish politician in jail despite election as deputy

A Turkish court on Wednesday decided to keep Leyla Güven in pre-trial detention despite the fact that she was elected to Parliament in the...

Turkey detains religious cult leader, followers on various charges

Turkish police teams on Wednesday morning detained Adnan Oktar, a notorious religious cult leader, TV personality and creationist, as well as more than 150 of...

4 ODTÜ students arrested over placard ‘insulting’ Erdoğan

An Ankara court on Wednesday arrested four students from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in Ankara for insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan by carrying...

Neo-Nazi NSU member sentenced to life in prison for murder of 8 Turks

Beate Zschäpe, a member of neo-Nazi terrorist group the National Socialist Underground (NSU), was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for the murder...

Turkish court hands down prison sentences to executives over Soma mine disaster

A Turkish court sentenced five mining company executives to up to 22 years in prison on Wednesday over their role in a coal mine...

4,329 Turks applied for asylum in Germany in first 6 months of 2018

A total of 4,329 Turkish citizens applied for asylum in Germany in the first six months of this year, according to the country’s Interior...

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