Turkey
Turkey raids ship carrying 276 migrants, detains 8 smugglers: report
July 7, 2020
Turkey raids ship carrying 276 migrants, detains 8 smugglers: report
Turkish authorities on Tuesday foiled an attempt to smuggle 276 migrants to Europe on board a ship and detained eight…
92 journalists prosecuted in Turkey amid coronavirus measures: report
July 7, 2020
92 journalists prosecuted in Turkey amid coronavirus measures: report
Despite the coronavirus measures in effect in Turkey between March 17 and June 15, 92 journalists were prosecuted in 59…
Court convicts former Amnesty Turkey leaders on terror charges: report
July 3, 2020
Court convicts former Amnesty Turkey leaders on terror charges: report
Amnesty International Turkey said two of its former leaders were convicted on terrorism charges by an İstanbul court on Friday…
Families commemorate 1993 Sivas massacre victims on anniversary
July 2, 2020
Families commemorate 1993 Sivas massacre victims on anniversary
Thirty-three Turkish intellectuals who perished in a fire in 1993 inside the Madımak Hotel were commemorated in Sivas on Thursday,…
Babacan vows to dissolve Turkey’s Wealth Fund, calls it an unregulated ‘black hole’
July 2, 2020
Babacan vows to dissolve Turkey’s Wealth Fund, calls it an unregulated ‘black hole’
Democracy and Progress Party (DEVA) leader Ali Babacan has promised to abolish Turkey’s Wealth Fund in the event his party…
AKP continues to lose voters, DEVA on the rise, new poll suggests
July 2, 2020
AKP continues to lose voters, DEVA on the rise, new poll suggests
A new survey has indicated that Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been losing voters, while the newly…
Turkey to investigate TikTok over data security concerns
July 2, 2020
Turkey to investigate TikTok over data security concerns
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) has launched an investigation into social media platform TikTok over concerns about a possible…
Erdoğan announces tighter gov’t control over social media following insults to family
July 1, 2020
Erdoğan announces tighter gov’t control over social media following insults to family
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed on Wednesday to tighten the government’s control over social media, a long-standing mission of…
Academic says Gülen movement followers should be sent to rehabilitation camps
June 28, 2020
Academic says Gülen movement followers should be sent to rehabilitation camps
A professor of communications, Muttalip Kutluk Özgüven, has said followers of the Gülen movement, accused by the Turkish government of…
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolts western Turkey
June 28, 2020
Magnitude 5.2 earthquake jolts western Turkey
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Turkey’s western province of Muğla on Sunday, according to the country’s disaster management agency. The…