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Nearly 16,000 businesses shut down under coronavirus measures: report
May 21, 2020
Nearly 16,000 businesses shut down under coronavirus measures: report
Some 16,000 businesses were closed between March 1 and April 30, when Turkey imposed measures to halt the spread of…
Professor fired from university after promoting teenage pregnancy
May 18, 2020
Professor fired from university after promoting teenage pregnancy
İstanbul Aydın University has fired an academic due to controversial remarks made during a TV program in which he seemingly…
Vice president says 70 pct of countries sought help from Turkey to fight coronavirus
May 18, 2020
Vice president says 70 pct of countries sought help from Turkey to fight coronavirus
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has said two-thirds of the world’s countries, around 70 percent, have asked for assistance from…
Prosecutor rules no need for probe into death of teacher tortured in custody
May 18, 2020
Prosecutor rules no need for probe into death of teacher tortured in custody
The İstanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office has once again ruled that there is no need to investigate the death of…
OSCE PA’s South East Europe envoy Mark Pritchard welcomes appointment of Albanian Ambassador Mazi
May 18, 2020
OSCE PA’s South East Europe envoy Mark Pritchard welcomes appointment of Albanian Ambassador Mazi
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on South East Europe, Mark Pritchard, welcomed the appointment of Ambassador Zef Mazi as…
When I met a Gandhian ‘Jihadi’ in America
May 17, 2020
When I met a Gandhian ‘Jihadi’ in America
The holy month of Ramadan is here, and our Muslim brethren are engaged in what is irrefutably the largest collective…
Turkey slams EU criticism over new drilling off Cyprus
May 16, 2020
Turkey slams EU criticism over new drilling off Cyprus
A declaration by EU foreign ministers condemning Turkish drilling in the eastern Mediterranean is the “last example of a fruitless…
U.S. Senate approves bill to pressure China over Uighur rights
May 15, 2020
U.S. Senate approves bill to pressure China over Uighur rights
The bipartisan bill, introduced by Republican Senator Marco Rubio, calls for sanctions against those responsible for the repression of Uighurs…
Turkish police detain 38 suspects in deadly Van attack
May 15, 2020
Turkish police detain 38 suspects in deadly Van attack
Turkish authorities have detained 38 people including the local head of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in relation to…
Turkey suspends judge over support for late Grup Yorum member
May 15, 2020
Turkey suspends judge over support for late Grup Yorum member
Turkey’s Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK) has suspended Judge Ayşe Sarısu Pehlivan over her social media posts in support…