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Sadık Yıldırım, believed to be close to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), was released by a court shortly after being detained for threatening on social media the police officer who had taken him ...
A group of locals attacked houses, workplaces and cars owned by Syrian refugees on Tuesday evening in Ankara’s Altındağ district, the Evrensel daily reported. The incident took place following reports that a Syrian refugee stabbed ...
Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into a popular online debate network, accusing the platform of inciting hatred and enmity in society and inciting people to commit crimes due to a post on the network, Turkish ...
Turkish prosecutors in Ankara have issued detention warrants for 12 former police chiefs who were removed from their posts due to their alleged links to the Gülen movement in the aftermath of a failed coup ...
Legal action has been taken against 66 people due to their social media posts about the wildfires that have been ravaging Turkey’ southern and western coast since July 28, according to a statement from the ...
AFP photographer Bülent Kılıç (Photo: @eozanacidere) A total of 179 journalists appeared in court in 81 separate cases during the second quarter of this year, while 16 journalists were detained, according to the “Media Monitoring ...
A total of 146 people died in workplace accidents in Turkey in July, according to a monthly report by the Health and Safety Labor Watch (İSİG), the Bianet news website reported. The report stated that ...
Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into Özgür Boğatekin, the news editor of a local newspaper in southeastern Turkey, for allegedly provoking public hatred and enmity due to a social media post in which he ...
An overwhelming majority of people in Turkey think corruption in the country has become more widespread over the past five years, according to the results of an opinion poll conducted by the Ankara-based MetroPOLL. While ...
Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog, the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK), has issued written and verbal warnings to TV stations in the country, threatening them with punishment if they cover wildfires that have been raging on ...
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