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Nationalist opposition party continues to bleed members

Another nationalist opposition İYİ (Good) Party lawmaker has resigned from the party, which has seen a growing exodus of members since last year, mainly...

Final spurt before rate hikes bite? Turkey outpaces China in 1st quarter growth

Turkey’s economy experienced a rapid surge in growth in the first quarter of the year, outpacing China with one of the world’s fastest growth...

Fidan, Blinken discuss Gaza ceasefire efforts, humanitarian aid

Top Turkish and US diplomats Hakan Fidan and Antony Blinken discussed efforts to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the importance of increasing...

Justice remains elusive for victims of police brutality 11 years after Turkey’s Gezi Park protests

The families of teenagers Berkin Elvan and Ali İsmail Korkmaz, who were killed due to the disproportionate police response to Turkey’s nationwide 2013 Gezi...

Erdoğan signals military intervention ahead of possible Kurdish elections in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared on Thursday that Turkey will not allow Kurdish-led groups in Syria to establish a semi-autonomous state along its...

Top appeals court’s honorary president says 99 percent of rulings by Turkish courts are ‘null and void’

Professor Sami Selçuk, the honorary president of Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals, has harshly criticized the practice of replacing judges, especially in critical trials,...

Turkey’s EU envoy says Turkish diaspora wields considerable power in Europe

The Turkish diaspora wields considerable power in Europe, Turkey’s Permanent Delegate to the European Union Faruk Kaymakçı told the state-run Anadolu news agency on...

Secret witness who accused police chiefs of conspiring against AKP gov’t detained in Hungary

Serdar Sertçelik, a secret witness in the trial of an organized crime boss who accused police chiefs conducting the investigation of conspiring against the Justice...

Survey shows main opposition CHP as leading party in possible general election

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) would have garnered 0.9 percentage points more than the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and emerge...

Turkish judge faces investigation for displaying assault rifles in office

Turkish Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç announced on Wednesday that the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has launched an investigation into Oktay Tabur, a...

Indictments seek lengthy prison sentences for 42 May Day demonstrators in pretrial detention

Two indictments drafted separately by Turkish prosecutors seek prison sentences of up to 13-and-a-half years for each of 42 people arrested for defying a...

Turkish gov’t to transfer $177 million to controversial Maarif Foundation

The Turkish government will transfer TL 5.7 billion (approximately $177 million) in taxpayer money to the Maarif Foundation for 2024, which will increase the...

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