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More than 13,000 underage marriages took place in Turkey last year: report

A total of 13,740 underage marriages took place in Turkey in 2020, according to a report published by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on Friday, the...

Jailed journalist Ahmet Böken contracts COVID-19 in prison

Ali Ahmet Böken, 49, a veteran Turkish journalist and prominent broadcaster who has been in prison over alleged links to the Gülen movement since...

UN working group prioritizes case of doctoral student jailed in Turkey

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions (WGAD) accepted as “urgent” a petition from Cihan Erdal, 32, a doctoral student at Canada’s Carleton...

MEPs recommend suspending EU talks if negative trend is not reversed in Turkey

Members of the European Parliament in a report adopted by the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) on Thursday called on the European Commission to...

Turkey to begin producing Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Turkey will begin producing Sputnik V, Russia's vaccine against COVID-19, in the coming months, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced in a statement...

Turkey registers 5 percent fall in military spending in 2020: SIPRI

There was a 5 percent drop in Turkey’s military expenditures last year, with its military spending falling to $17.7 billion in 2020 from $20.4...

Asylum applications from Turkish citizens in EU see 500 percent rise over past 5 years

There has been a 506 percent rise in the number of asylum applications in EU countries from Turkish citizens over the past five years,...

News editor for pro-gov’t TV station fired allegedly for reporting on opposition

Turkish television station Kanal D, owned by the pro-government Demirören Media Group, has fired prime-time news editor Mustafa Aşçıoğlu for covering public statements and...

Erdoğan vows to ‘defend the truth’ of 1915 events as Biden expected to recognize Armenian genocide

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed supporters of the recognition of the World War I-era killings of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman...

Turkey seeks arrest of missing crypto boss over huge fraud

Turkish authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for the founder of a cryptocurrency exchange who fled with a reported $2 billion in investors'...

Minister says Turkey registered 26 percent fall in women’s murders after treaty withdrawal

In remarks that attracted widespread criticism and shock, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said there has been a 26 percent drop in the number...

US commission recommends placing Turkey on special watch list for severe violations

The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended that the State Department place Turkey on its special watch list based on the...

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