Turkey
Pro-Erdoğan ex-wrestler becomes executive board member of state-run Vakıfbank
June 13, 2020
Pro-Erdoğan ex-wrestler becomes executive board member of state-run Vakıfbank
Hamza Yerlikaya, the youth and sports deputy minister and a former Olympic wrestler, has become an executive board member of…
Erdoğan aide angry at Twitter’s decision to suspend state-linked accounts
June 12, 2020
Erdoğan aide angry at Twitter’s decision to suspend state-linked accounts
Turkey’s Presidential Communications Director Fahrettin Altun criticized Twitter’s decision to suspend thousands of state-linked accounts from Turkey, posting a statement…
140 Turkish policemen, soldiers test positive for COVID-19 in Syria’s Afrin, Idlib
June 12, 2020
140 Turkish policemen, soldiers test positive for COVID-19 in Syria’s Afrin, Idlib
A total of 140 police and military members assigned to the Syria’s Idlib and Afrin regions have tested positive for…
Prominent Turkish journalist arrested on accusations of revealing state secrets
June 12, 2020
Prominent Turkish journalist arrested on accusations of revealing state secrets
A Turkish court has jailed a prominent journalist from an online news outlet pending trial on accusations that she revealed…
Turkey orders detention of 414 alleged Gülen members in post-coup crackdown
June 9, 2020
Turkey orders detention of 414 alleged Gülen members in post-coup crackdown
Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of 414 people, mainly military personnel, over suspected links to the network that Ankara…
Erdoğan will allow court to decide fate of Hagia Sophia as mosque or museum
June 9, 2020
Erdoğan will allow court to decide fate of Hagia Sophia as mosque or museum
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he is waiting for a decision from the Council of State regarding the…
16-year-old Kurdish teen found murdered after kidnapped by rebels in Syria’s Afrin
June 8, 2020
16-year-old Kurdish teen found murdered after kidnapped by rebels in Syria’s Afrin
A 16-year-old Kurdish teenager was found murdered on Sunday after being kidnapped by a Turkish-backed rebel group in the Syrian…
2 Turkish journalists detained in ‘espionage’ probe: report
June 8, 2020
2 Turkish journalists detained in ‘espionage’ probe: report
Turkish police on Monday detained two journalists for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged “political and military espionage,”…
Judge says in book people arrested in July 2016 coup probes should be executed
June 8, 2020
Judge says in book people arrested in July 2016 coup probes should be executed
Selami Turabi, a judge who is also a senior official at the Justice Ministry responsible for European Union affairs, has…
Turkish polling guru says AKP vote below 30 percent in February survey
June 7, 2020
Turkish polling guru says AKP vote below 30 percent in February survey
The Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been ruling Turkey as a single-party government since 2002, would have had…