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VP says Turkey to start income top-up scheme in 2026, links welfare policies to election wins www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/v...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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European police hack of SKY ECC triggered wide-ranging drug-trafficking investigations in Turkey 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...
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December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Turkey’s new prison courtroom can accommodate mass trials of hundreds 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. Officials say the hall, now under...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Turkey detained 25 journalists in 2025, RSF barometer on abuses shows www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/t...
Turkey detained 25 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...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Turkey secures €350 million loan from AIIB for railway modernization 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...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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68 arrested in Turkey after nationwide cybercrime raids: minister www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/09/6...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Prosecutors investigate leaked audio as court adjourns İstanbul mayor’s ‘fake diploma’ trial www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/p...
Prosecutors investigate leaked audio as court adjourns İstanbul mayor's ‘fake diploma’ trial - Turkish Minute
A #Turkish court on Monday adjourned the “fake diploma” trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu until February 16, 2026, while prosecutors opened an investigation into a leaked audio recording...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Foreign-owned firms in Turkey surpass 10,000 in 2023, generating 12.8 percent of total business turnover 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 1:29 PM
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Turkey to ensure continued flow of Russian gas to Hungary: report 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 1:13 PM
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Dutch court freezes assets of TurkStream operator over Crimean seizures: report 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...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Turkey congratulates Syria on first anniversary of Assad’s fall, pledges support for stability www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/t...
Turkey congratulates Syria on first anniversary of Assad’s fall, pledges support for stability - Turkish Minute
#Turkey congratulated the Syrian people on Monday as they marked one year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, with Ankara saying it would continue to back efforts to secure stability, security and prosperity...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Turkey turns former İstanbul military land into luxury housing www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/t...
Turkey turns former İstanbul military land into luxury housing - Turkish Minute
Turkey has opened most of #İstanbul’s former military land to construction over the past 19 years, turning large sites once held by the armed forces into high-end housing and commercial projects.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Turkey jails students under terrorist designation that fails basic legal test: UN rapporteurs www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/t...
Turkey jails students under terrorist designation that fails basic legal test: UN rapporteurs - Turkish Minute
#UN special rapporteurs have warned that #Turkey is jailing university students as “terrorists” under a terrorism label for the faith-based Gülen movement that they say does not meet basic legal...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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EU withdraws map after Greek protest over islands shown in Turkish territory www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/e...
EU withdraws map after Greek protest over islands shown in Turkish territory - Turkish Minute
The European Commission has withdrawn an educational brochure after Greece protested that a map inside it depicted several eastern Aegean and Dodecanese islands as belonging to Turkey, according to a...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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[OPINION] The Öcalan initiative: peace or a power play? www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/o...
[OPINION] The Öcalan initiative: peace or a power play? - Turkish Minute
"When Kurdish votes are needed, Erdoğan signals openness to dialogue. When nationalist votes matter, repression intensifies. Öcalan’s influence is selectively amplified, while all other Kurdish actors...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Police officer dies after being shot during drug raid in İstanbul www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/p...
Police officer dies after being shot during drug raid in İstanbul - Turkish Minute
A police officer was critically wounded in a drug raid Monday in #İstanbul’s Çekmeköy district and later died at a hospital, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing local officials.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Turkish lawyer jailed over Gülen links dies after delayed release from prison www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/t...
Turkish lawyer jailed over Gülen links dies after delayed release from prison - Turkish Minute
Süleyman Yıldırım, a 59-year-old lawyer who lost his leg after what his relatives described as months of delayed medical care in prison and was later diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer, died Monday...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Prosecutors investigate leaked audio as court adjourns İstanbul mayor’s ‘fake diploma’ trial www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/p...
Prosecutors investigate leaked audio as court adjourns İstanbul mayor's ‘fake diploma’ trial - Turkish Minute
A #Turkish court on Monday adjourned the “fake diploma” trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu until February 16, 2026, while prosecutors opened an investigation into a leaked audio recording...
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December 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Turkey congratulates Syria on first anniversary of Assad’s fall, pledges support for stability www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/t...
Turkey congratulates Syria on first anniversary of Assad’s fall, pledges support for stability - Turkish Minute
#Turkey congratulated the Syrian people on Monday as they marked one year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, with Ankara saying it would continue to back efforts to secure stability, security and prosperity...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Turkey turns former İstanbul military land into luxury housing www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/t...
Turkey turns former İstanbul military land into luxury housing - Turkish Minute
Turkey has opened most of #İstanbul’s former military land to construction over the past 19 years, turning large sites once held by the armed forces into high-end housing and commercial projects.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Turkey jails students under terrorist designation that fails basic legal test: UN rapporteurs www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/t...
Turkey jails students under terrorist designation that fails basic legal test: UN rapporteurs - Turkish Minute
#UN special rapporteurs have warned that #Turkey is jailing university students as “terrorists” under a terrorism label for the faith-based Gülen movement that they say does not meet basic legal...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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EU withdraws map after Greek protest over islands shown in Turkish territory www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/e...
EU withdraws map after Greek protest over islands shown in Turkish territory - Turkish Minute
The European Commission has withdrawn an educational brochure after Greece protested that a map inside it depicted several eastern Aegean and Dodecanese islands as belonging to Turkey, according to a...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes Turkey’s Antalya province www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/m...
Magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes Turkey’s Antalya province - Turkish Minute
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck #Turkey’s Mediterranean province of #Antalya on Monday, shaking coastal areas of both Turkey and Greece, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
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December 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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[OPINION] The Öcalan initiative: peace or a power play? www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/o...
[OPINION] The Öcalan initiative: peace or a power play? - Turkish Minute
"When Kurdish votes are needed, Erdoğan signals openness to dialogue. When nationalist votes matter, repression intensifies. Öcalan’s influence is selectively amplified, while all other Kurdish actors...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Police officer dies after being shot during drug raid in İstanbul www.turkishminute.com/2025/12/08/p...
Police officer dies after being shot during drug raid in İstanbul - Turkish Minute
A police officer was critically wounded in a drug raid Monday in #İstanbul’s Çekmeköy district and later died at a hospital, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing local officials.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM