Turkey
Turkish TV won’t broadcast NBA conference finals due to Enes Kanter: report
Sport
May 14, 2019
Turkish TV won’t broadcast NBA conference finals due to Enes Kanter: report
Turkish basketball player Enes Kanter’s Portland Trail Blazers reached the NBA’s Western Conference finals, which start on Tuesday, but for…
Turkey’s Islamist opposition will not withdraw candidate in İstanbul mayoral race
Turkey
May 14, 2019
Turkey’s Islamist opposition will not withdraw candidate in İstanbul mayoral race
The candidate for mayor of İstanbul from Turkey’s Islamist opposition party will not withdraw his bid from a re-run of…
Turkey celebrates Mother’s Day as thousands of mothers are behind bars
Turkey
May 12, 2019
Turkey celebrates Mother’s Day as thousands of mothers are behind bars
As Turkey celebrated the Mother’s day on Sunday, more than 17,000 women, many of them with babies, have been deprived…
Former chief justice says election board’s İstanbul decision ‘confirmation of guilt’
Turkey
May 11, 2019
Former chief justice says election board’s İstanbul decision ‘confirmation of guilt’
Turkey’s former chief justice, Haşim Kılıç, has said the country’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) has confirmed its guilt by nullifying…
11 elected neighborhood administrators removed from office on terrorism allegations
Turkey
May 11, 2019
11 elected neighborhood administrators removed from office on terrorism allegations
Eleven neighborhood administrators, or muhtars, who were elected in the March 31 local elections in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır…
Turkish watchdog fines Facebook $271,000 over data breach
World
May 11, 2019
Turkish watchdog fines Facebook $271,000 over data breach
Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) said on Friday it had fined Facebook 1.65 million Turkish lira ($270,976.01) in April…
Turkey world leader in requests for content removal from Twitter in last half of 2018
World
May 11, 2019
Turkey world leader in requests for content removal from Twitter in last half of 2018
Turkey was the country that most frequently requested removal of content from Twitter in the second half of 2018, according…
Nearly 911,000 Kurdish HDP supporters voted for İmamoğlu on March 31: study
Turkey
May 11, 2019
Nearly 911,000 Kurdish HDP supporters voted for İmamoğlu on March 31: study
Some 911,000 of the votes garnered by the Turkish opposition alliance’s İstanbul mayoral candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu on March 31 came…
Turkish state banks sell dollars to boost lira’s value: report
Business
May 11, 2019
Turkish state banks sell dollars to boost lira’s value: report
Turkey’s state banks, including the largest lender by assets, Ziraat Bank, sold $1 billion on Thursday and overnight to curb…
Journalist Yücel says subjected to torture in Turkish prison, holds Erdoğan responsible
World
May 11, 2019
Journalist Yücel says subjected to torture in Turkish prison, holds Erdoğan responsible
German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel says he was tortured during his near year-long detention in Turkey, in court testimony seen by…