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Crimes committed against Atatürk’s memory see big rise under AKP rule: report

There has been a significant rise in the number of acts considered crimes against the memory of Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, under...

Erdoğan blames shopkeepers for rising food prices, warns of penalties

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holds the country’s shopkeepers responsible for the country's constantly increasing food prices, warning that they may face penalties if...

Turkey falls the furthest in corruption index: Transparency International

Turkey, among all other countries studied, has seen the biggest decline in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), dropping 32 places since 2012, the Stockholm...

Theologians say Islamic sources cannot be used as pretext to attack LGBT individuals

A Turkish imam’s homophobic comments led to an investigation in Belgium, which brought into the spotlight Islam’s views on LGBT. Theologian Ahmet Kurucan says...

Turkey ranks 74th on COVID performance index among 98 countries

Turkey is ranked 74th among 98 countries in a COVID Performance Index, published on Thursday by the Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank, which...

Turkey’s Wealth Fund debt increased by 81 percent in 2019

Debt accumulated by the Turkey Wealth Fund (TVF) to the banking system increased from TL 75.4 billion ($10.2 billion) in 2018 to TL 136.4...

Erdoğan will withdraw Turkey from İstanbul Convention, opposition politician claims

A politician from Turkey’s right-wing Felicity Party (SP) has claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will withdraw Turkey from the İstanbul Convention, a...

Turkey tops list of CoE countries with most freedom of expression violations in 2020

Turkey ranks first among the 47 Council of Europe (CoE) member states in the number of judgments from the European Court of Human Rights...

Ailing inmate says can’t access healthcare, confined to filthy quarantine cell

Miktad Doğan, 30, an inmate in pretrial detention suffering from a serious liver disease, said he was belatedly taken to the hospital and made...

Amid Turkey’s economic woes, video of father who can afford cooking oil goes viral

Cevheri Güven Sunflower seed oil, a regular item in most Turkish kitchens, has seen a price surge of 40 percent over the past few months....

Qatar’s QTerminals finalizes purchase of Turkish port operator

Port Akdeniz, which owns and operates Port Akdeniz-Antalya, has been sold to Qatari-based QTerminals for $140 million, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. Port Akdeniz was...

President Erdoğan rules out prospects of early elections

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has rejected a calls from opposition parties for early elections, saying the elections will be held in 2023 as...

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