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A former human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe (@coe) said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had weakened its own credibility by refusing to confront the broad pattern of democratic backsliding in #Turkey. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/f...
Former Council of Europe rights chief says ECtHR has ignored the pattern of Turkey’s repression - Turkish Minute
A former human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had weakened its own credibility by refusing to confront the broad pattern of democratic backsliding...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz told parliament on Tuesday that the government will start a pilot income top-up scheme for low-earning families in 2026, before expanding it across the country in 2027. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/v...
VP says Turkey to start income top-up scheme in 2026, links welfare policies to election wins - Turkish Minute
#Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz told parliament on Tuesday that the government will start a pilot income "top-up scheme" for low-earning families in 2026, before expanding it across the country...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A police-led hacking of the SKY ECC encrypted messaging platform in #Europe in 2021 has paved the way for extensive drug-trafficking investigations in Turkey, where authorities linked intercepted messages to criminal networks operating inside the country. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/e...
European police hack of SKY ECC triggered wide-ranging drug-trafficking investigations in Turkey - Turkish Minute
A police-led hacking of the SKY ECC encrypted messaging platform in Europe in 2021 has paved the way for extensive drug-trafficking investigations in #Turkey, where authorities linked intercepted messages...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Turkey is building a huge new courtroom inside its largest prison complex on the outskirts of #İstanbul that can accommodate the mass trials of hundreds of defendants. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkey’s new prison courtroom can accommodate mass trials of hundreds - Turkish Minute
#Turkey is building a huge new courtroom inside its largest prison complex on the outskirts of #İstanbul that can accommodate the mass trials of hundreds of defendants.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) logged 24 cases of journalists detained in #Turkey in 2025, including YouTube hosts, television anchors and staff of a leading satirical magazine, under a barometer that #RSF says records abuses linked to journalistic work. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkey detained 24 journalists in 2025, RSF barometer on abuses shows - Turkish Minute
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) logged 24 cases of journalists detained in #Turkey in 2025, including YouTube hosts, television anchors and staff of a leading satirical magazine, under a barometer that...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#Turkey has secured €350 million in external financing from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to modernize and maintain the country’s rail network. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkey secures €350 million loan from AIIB for railway modernization - Turkish Minute
#Turkey has secured €350 million in external financing from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to modernize and maintain the country’s rail network.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Turkish courts have ordered the arrest of 68 people following nationwide cybercrime operations that targeted illegal betting networks, online child exploitation and large-scale fraud schemes. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/6...
68 arrested in Turkey after nationwide cybercrime raids: minister - Turkish Minute
#Turkish courts have ordered the arrest of 68 people following nationwide cybercrime operations that targeted illegal betting networks, online child exploitation and large-scale fraud schemes.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Foreign-owned companies in #Turkey generated 12.8 percent of the country’s total business turnover in 2023, as their number rose to 10,265, exceeding 10,000 for the first time, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/f...
Foreign-owned firms in Turkey surpass 10,000 in 2023, generating 12.8 percent of total business turnover - Turkish Minute
Foreign-owned companies in #Turkey generated 12.8 percent of the country’s total business turnover in 2023, as their number rose to 10,265, exceeding 10,000 for the first time, according to data released...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday that he reached an agreement with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for #Turkey to guarantee the continued transit of Russian natural gas to #Hungary, according to a report by Reuters. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkey to ensure continued flow of Russian gas to Hungary: report - Turkish Minute
#Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday that he reached an agreement with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for #Turkey to guarantee the continued transit of Russian natural gas to Hungary,...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A #Dutch court has frozen the assets of TurkStream operator South Stream Transport as part of a bid by Ukrainian businesses to recover losses stemming from #Russia’s 2014 annexation of #Crimea. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/d...
Dutch court freezes assets of TurkStream operator over Crimean seizures: report - Turkish Minute
A #Dutch court has frozen the assets of TurkStream operator South Stream Transport as part of a bid by Ukrainian businesses to recover losses stemming from #Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
An İstanbul court on Monday ordered the arrest of 20 people including 11 footballers from #Turkey's first and second divisions, nine of whom are accused of betting on their own teams' matches. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkish international among players arrested in betting scandal - Turkish Minute
An #İstanbul court on Monday ordered the arrest of 20 people including 11 footballers from #Turkey's first and second divisions, nine of whom are accused of betting on their own teams' matches.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A former human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had weakened its own credibility by refusing to confront the broad pattern of democratic backsliding in #Turkey. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/f...
Former Council of Europe rights chief says ECtHR has ignored the pattern of Turkey’s repression - Turkish Minute
A former human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe said the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) had weakened its own credibility by refusing to confront the broad pattern of democratic backsliding...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz told parliament on Tuesday that the government will start a pilot income "top-up scheme" for low-earning families in 2026, before expanding it across the country in 2027. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/v...
VP says Turkey to start income top-up scheme in 2026, links welfare policies to election wins - Turkish Minute
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz told parliament on Tuesday that the government will start a pilot income "top-up scheme" for low-earning families in 2026, before expanding it across the country...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A police-led hacking of the SKY ECC encrypted messaging platform in Europe in 2021 has paved the way for extensive drug-trafficking investigations in #Turkey, where authorities linked intercepted messages to criminal networks operating inside the country. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/e...
European police hack of SKY ECC triggered wide-ranging drug-trafficking investigations in Turkey - Turkish Minute
A police-led hacking of the SKY ECC encrypted messaging platform in Europe in 2021 has paved the way for extensive drug-trafficking investigations in Turkey, where authorities identified 4,500 users...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#Turkey is building a huge new courtroom inside its largest prison complex on the outskirts of #İstanbul that can accommodate the mass trials of hundreds of defendants. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkey’s new prison courtroom can accommodate mass trials of hundreds - Turkish Minute
Turkey is building a huge new courtroom inside its largest prison complex on the outskirts of İstanbul that can accommodate the mass trials of hundreds of defendants.
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) logged 24 cases of journalists detained in #Turkey in 2025, including YouTube hosts, television anchors and staff of a leading satirical magazine, under a barometer that RSF says records abuses linked to journalistic work. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkey detained 24 journalists in 2025, RSF barometer on abuses shows - Turkish Minute
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) logged 25 cases of journalists detained in Turkey in 2025, including YouTube hosts, television anchors and staff of a leading satirical magazine, under a barometer that...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
#Turkey has secured €350 million in external financing from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to modernize and maintain the country’s rail network. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkey secures €350 million loan from AIIB for railway modernization - Turkish Minute
Turkey has secured €350 million in external financing from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to modernize and maintain the country’s rail network, the stater-run Anadolu news agency...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#Turkish courts have ordered the arrest of 68 people following nationwide cybercrime operations that targeted illegal betting networks, online child exploitation and large-scale fraud schemes. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/6...
68 arrested in Turkey after nationwide cybercrime raids: minister - Turkish Minute
Turkish courts have ordered the arrest of 68 people following nationwide cybercrime operations that targeted illegal betting networks, online child exploitation and large-scale fraud schemes, Interior...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Foreign-owned companies in #Turkey generated 12.8 percent of the country’s total business turnover in 2023, as their number rose to 10,265, exceeding 10,000 for the first time, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/f...
Foreign-owned firms in Turkey surpass 10,000 in 2023, generating 12.8 percent of total business turnover - Turkish Minute
Foreign-owned companies in Turkey generated 12.8 percent of the country’s total business turnover in 2023, as their number rose to 10,265, exceeding 10,000 for the first time, according to data released...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
#Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday that he reached an agreement with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for #Turkey to guarantee the continued transit of Russian natural gas to Hungary, according to a report by Reuters. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkey to ensure continued flow of Russian gas to Hungary: report - Turkish Minute
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday that he reached an agreement with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for Turkey to guarantee the continued transit of Russian natural gas to Hungary,...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A #Dutch court has frozen the assets of TurkStream operator South Stream Transport as part of a bid by Ukrainian businesses to recover losses stemming from #Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/d...
Dutch court freezes assets of TurkStream operator over Crimean seizures: report - Turkish Minute
A Dutch court has frozen the assets of TurkStream operator South Stream Transport as part of a bid by Ukrainian businesses to recover losses stemming from Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, according...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
An #İstanbul court on Monday ordered the arrest of 20 people including 11 footballers from #Turkey's first and second divisions, nine of whom are accused of betting on their own teams' matches. www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkish international among players arrested in betting scandal - Turkish Minute
An İstanbul court on Monday ordered the arrest of 20 people including 11 footballers from Turkey's first and second divisions, nine of whom are accused of betting on their own teams' matches, local media...
www.turkishminute.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM