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Turkey summons Bulgarian envoy over election interference claims
Turkey
November 21, 2021
Turkey summons Bulgarian envoy over election interference claims
The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the Bulgarian ambassador to Turkey on Thursday after the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish…
Imam punished for contradicting Erdoğan’s accusations against Gezi protestors is suffering from kidney failure
Turkey
November 21, 2021
Imam punished for contradicting Erdoğan’s accusations against Gezi protestors is suffering from kidney failure
Fuat Yıldırım, the former deputy imam (müezzin) of İstanbul’s historic Bezmiâlem Valide Sultan Mosque during the 2013 Gezi protests who…
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 110 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkey
November 21, 2021
Turkish prosecutors ordered detention of 110 people over alleged Gülen links in a week
Turkish prosecutors have over the past week ordered the detention of 110 people due to alleged links to the Gülen…
No lasting recovery in sight for lira unless CB frees itself from Erdoğan: FT
Business
November 21, 2021
No lasting recovery in sight for lira unless CB frees itself from Erdoğan: FT
Investors and analysts have argued that there is little prospect of a lasting recovery for the lira unless Turkey’s central…
Snap election only way out of Turkey’s financial woes, jailed Kurdish leader says
Turkey
November 21, 2021
Snap election only way out of Turkey’s financial woes, jailed Kurdish leader says
Imprisoned Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş has said that the only way out of Turkey’s financial troubles is holding a snap…
[Opinion] Europe loves the armed Kurds, not their civilians
Opinion
November 20, 2021
[Opinion] Europe loves the armed Kurds, not their civilians
During the last four decades, major EU countries have become the main supporters of armed Kurdish groups in Iran, Turkey,…
VIDEO | Senator Wicker Blasts Authoritarian Abuse of INTERPOL
World
November 18, 2021
VIDEO | Senator Wicker Blasts Authoritarian Abuse of INTERPOL
The annual General Assembly of INTERPOL will take place in Turkey this weekend. U.Senator Roger Wicker says the organization is…
I was electrocuted, beaten and made impotent, sexual torture victim says
Turkey
November 7, 2021
I was electrocuted, beaten and made impotent, sexual torture victim says
Ayhan Demir, 45, said he was made impotent as a result of the sexual torture and electrocution he was subjected…
38 former judges and prosecutors indicted for ‘conspiracy’ in match-fixing scandal
Turkey
November 7, 2021
38 former judges and prosecutors indicted for ‘conspiracy’ in match-fixing scandal
An İstanbul prosecutor has drafted an indictment against 38 former judges and prosecutors on conspiracy-related charges regarding a match-fixing scandal…
[Opinion] Can Turkey-Ukraine relations alter the power dynamic in the Black Sea?
Politics
November 7, 2021
[Opinion] Can Turkey-Ukraine relations alter the power dynamic in the Black Sea?
The competition between Turkey and Ukraine in the energy and tourism sectors has in no way negatively impacted attempts to…