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Teacher held in pretrial detention after giving birth freed following backlash

A Turkish court on Thursday ordered the release of Merve Zayım, a 37-year-old religious education teacher who gave birth while confined to pretrial detention,...

Turkey investigates foreign visitor for pole dancing on flagpole

Authorities in Turkey have launched an investigation into a foreign tourist who was filmed pole dancing on a flagpole bearing the country’s national flag...

Turkish ports seek letters denying Israel links from ships: report

Turkish port authorities have begun informally asking shipping agents to submit written assurances that vessels have no links to Israel and are not carrying...

Turkish authorities deny plan for government-run aisles in supermarkets

Turkey's Presidential Communications Directorate said Thursday that reports claiming the government will set up aisles in supermarkets to curb food inflation are false, calling...

Rights group, politicians condemn parliament move blocking Peace Mothers from speaking Kurdish

A human rights group and Kurdish politicians have condemned the Turkish Parliament after a “Peace Mother” was warned not to speak Kurdish when addressing a...

Erdoğan tells Putin Turkey backs Ukraine peace talks involving ‘all parties’

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Turkey would support a peace process for Ukraine that includes “all parties,”...

EU voices concern over Turkey’s pressure on press freedom in northern Cyprus

The European Commission expressed concern on Wednesday about attempts to restrict press freedom in the Turkish Cypriot community, following disputed reports that Turkey had...

Part of Kurdish oil pipeline fees went to BOTAŞ, $1.4 billion remains unaccounted for: opposition deputy

An opposition lawmaker in Turkey has alleged that part of the transport fees paid by Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government for crude shipped through the...

Arbitration board to step in after deadlock in civil servant wage talks

Turkey’s collective bargaining talks with civil servants ended in deadlock this week, sending the dispute between the government and the Civil Servants Trade Union...

Researchers find unsecured database tied to Turkey’s top finance apps, raising risk of data theft

Millions of people in Turkey who use popular finance apps may be at risk after researchers uncovered an unsecured database containing sensitive user information,...

Turkish Airlines says offer to buy stake in Spain’s Air Europa accepted

Turkish Airlines on Tuesday said Spain’s Air Europa had accepted its 300 million euro ($350 million) offer to purchase a minority stake in the...

Erdoğan’s son-in-law pays most income tax in Turkey for third straight year

Selçuk Bayraktar, chairman of unmanned aerial vehicle producer Baykar and the son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, paid 2.76 billion Turkish lira ($84...

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