Families of hunger strikers hold sit-in protest in front of Justice Ministry
Turkey
March 27, 2019
Families of hunger strikers hold sit-in protest in front of Justice Ministry
Families of hunger strikers in several Turkish prisons who are protesting the “isolation” of jailed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader…
Journalist given 18-month suspended jail sentence due to Afrin criticism
Turkey
March 27, 2019
Journalist given 18-month suspended jail sentence due to Afrin criticism
Journalist İshak Karakaş has been handed down a jail sentence of 18 months, 22 days on charges of disseminating terrorist…
AKP candidate says will send Syrians back home if they disrupt public order
Turkey
March 27, 2019
AKP candidate says will send Syrians back home if they disrupt public order
Binali Yıldırım, the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) mayoral candidate for İstanbul, has said Syrians who have taken refuge in…
Turkey to continue withholding lira liquidity overseas at least until Sunday’s elections: report
Business
March 27, 2019
Turkey to continue withholding lira liquidity overseas at least until Sunday’s elections: report
Turkey will continue directing its banks to withhold lira liquidity from a key overseas market at least until after Sunday’s…
Acting Pentagon chief: We need Turkey to buy Patriots
World
March 27, 2019
Acting Pentagon chief: We need Turkey to buy Patriots
Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Tuesday that he wanted NATO ally Turkey to remain in the F-35…
Former Turkish soccer player gets 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links
Sport
March 27, 2019
Former Turkish soccer player gets 6 years, 3 months over Gülen links
A high criminal court in İstanbul on Tuesday handed down a six year, three month sentence to former soccer player…
Turkish Local Elections in the Shade of Endangered Media Trust and Economic Credibility
Turkey
March 27, 2019
Turkish Local Elections in the Shade of Endangered Media Trust and Economic Credibility
Turkey is in a continuous election race as the local elections to be held on 31 March will be the…
Turkmenistan journalist Soltan Achilova barred from traveling abroad
World
March 27, 2019
Turkmenistan journalist Soltan Achilova barred from traveling abroad
On March 11, Achilova, an Ashgabat-based journalist who contributes to independent news website Khronika Turkmenistana (The Chronicles of Turkmenistan), was…
Unemployed Turkish man sets himself alight, saying his children are hungry
Turkey
March 27, 2019
Unemployed Turkish man sets himself alight, saying his children are hungry
An unemployed Turkish man set himself on fire in front of a town hall in the southeastern Gaziantep province, where…
We have a clear plan, as well as international support – President on the liberation of Donbas and Crimea occupied by Russia
Ukraine
March 26, 2019
We have a clear plan, as well as international support – President on the liberation of Donbas and Crimea occupied by Russia
On Priamyi TV channel, President Petro Poroshenko emphasized that Ukraine had a clear plan for the liberation of the occupied…