Turkey
Unregistered Syrians to protest governor’s office order to leave İstanbul
July 26, 2019
Unregistered Syrians to protest governor’s office order to leave İstanbul
Syrian refugees living in İstanbul will hold a mass protest on July 27 against a recent decision by the İstanbul…
Top court cancels regulation used to revoke passports of suspects’ spouses
July 26, 2019
Top court cancels regulation used to revoke passports of suspects’ spouses
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has abolished a controversial regulation that was used by Turkish authorities to revoke the passports of the…
378 minors victims of sexual abuse in Şanlıurfa in first 6 months of 2019
July 26, 2019
378 minors victims of sexual abuse in Şanlıurfa in first 6 months of 2019
A total of 378 minors were subjected to sexual abuse in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa in the first…
AKP mayor hired 853 people at Ankara Municipality during election campaign
July 26, 2019
AKP mayor hired 853 people at Ankara Municipality during election campaign
Former Ankara Mayor Mustafa Tuna, from the ranks of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), recruited a total of…
Erdoğan threatens former allies seeking to establish new political parties
July 26, 2019
Erdoğan threatens former allies seeking to establish new political parties
“Those who betray will pay a heavy price,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Friday, referring to former allies…
Turkey’s top court blocks construction of presidential palace near Lake Van
July 26, 2019
Turkey’s top court blocks construction of presidential palace near Lake Van
Turkey’s Constitutional Court has annulled an article in an omnibus law that allowed the construction of a presidential palace near…
6 Turkish asylum seekers detained after Greek police push them back to Turkey
July 25, 2019
6 Turkish asylum seekers detained after Greek police push them back to Turkey
Six Turkish asylum seekers who crossed the Evros River into Greece were pushed back to Turkey by Greek police and…
Circulation of Turkish periodicals dropped by 17.6 pct in 2018
July 25, 2019
Circulation of Turkish periodicals dropped by 17.6 pct in 2018
The circulation of Turkish periodical publications in 2018 decreased by 17.6 percent over the previous year, according to the Turkish…
Saudi Arabia blockades Turkish textile imports
July 25, 2019
Saudi Arabia blockades Turkish textile imports
Saudi Arabia has been implementing an embargo on Turkish textile products for over two weeks, Turkish daily Yeniçağ reported on…
2 Kurdish politicians detained on allegations of terrorist group membership: report
July 24, 2019
2 Kurdish politicians detained on allegations of terrorist group membership: report
Kurdish politicians Ferhat Kut and Leyla Bozkurt along with four others were detained on Wednesday on accusations of membership in…