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Euroleague's disciplinary judge has sanctioned both Serbia's Red Star and Turkey's Galatasaray for "the incidents generated by their fans and the failure to adopt measures to avoid disturbances" ahead of the match in Istanbul on November 21.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has questioned both President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's motives and authority with regard to his engagement in the possible inclusion of Ottoman language classes in Turkey's high school curriculum.

Ziraat Bank, the largest state bank in Turkey, is not under any political pressure, contrary to reports, General Manager Hüseyin Aydın has told daily Hürriyet.

Aydın said Ziraat did not provide credit upon the government's request, denying such claims in the media.

One of the leading names of the Turkish communist movement, Rasih Nuri İleri, died at his home in Istanbul Dec. 6 morning at the age of 94. İleri's funeral will be held Tuesday at Bebek Mosque after noon prayers and his body will be laid to rest in the Aşiyan Cemetery.

Turkish police has behaved softly to demonstrators when compared to the U.S. colleagues' President Erdoğan says

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A Turkish mayor has drawn a furious reaction on social media after he jokingly slapped a blind man at an event for the International Day of Disabled Persons.

A group of 13 Turks, members of the nationalist Turkish Youth Union (TYG) group, face between one and 10 years of prison on charges of "insult," "inflicting injury," and "violation of the protest and rally law," for attacking two U.S. soldiers in November, according to the indictment sent to court.

The ancient Greek city of Paleo Gargara near the northern Aegean coast will be crossed with a tunnel after a highway project was stalled by a first-degree archaeological site, where no construction is permitted by law, in its path.

An Istanbul deputy of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) applied to the Constitutional Court on Dec. 1 over the removal of a ban on media reports about the work of the parliamentary commission on corruption.

Pope Francis has voiced his hope for the opening of the Turkey-Armenia border, during a flight back to Rome after a three-day visit to Turkey.

The pope voiced hope that gestures over the coming anniversary year of the 1915 incidents would bring the two nations closer together, and he specifically voiced hope that Turkey would open its border with Armenia.