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Third person dies as firefighters bring İzmir wildfire under control

A forestry worker injured in a wildfire in the Ödemiş district of Turkey’s western İzmir province has died in the hospital, raising the death...

Erdoğan meets with counterparts at ECO summit in Azerbaijan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had a series of bilateral meetings with leaders from Central and South Asia on Friday during the 17th summit...

Pro-opposition networks to go dark for 10 days due to coverage of protests over arrest of İmamoğlu

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog will impose simultaneous 10-day broadcast blackouts on opposition-aligned Halk TV and Sözcü TV starting July 8, following separate rulings that penalize...

Former İzmir mayor among 99 facing arrest in corruption investigation

Turkish prosecutors on Friday sought the arrest of 99 former and current municipal officials in the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) bastion of...

Power companies, cutting corners on safety with little gov’t oversight, fuel Turkey’s wildfires

As wildfires rage across western Turkey, experts and lawmakers are pointing to aging, poorly maintained power lines — transferred to private operators in the...

[OPINION] Clicks, code and control: How journalism is being strangled

Tarık Toros* Across the world, fundamental moral values, the principles that have provided social cohesion for centuries, are being systematically undermined. Yet historical patterns suggest that...

Boğaziçi University graduate detained for tearing up diploma in protest of İmamoğlu crackdown

Turkish police on Friday detained a university graduate who tore up his diploma during a graduation ceremony at Boğaziçi University to protest what he...

New indictment charges jailed İstanbul mayor with forging university degree

Turkish prosecutors have filed a new indictment against jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, accusing him of falsifying his university degree more than three decades...

Notorious Swedish crime boss captured in Turkey: police

The head of one of Sweden's biggest crime organizations, accused of instigating a surge in violent crime, has been detained in Turkey, Swedish police...

Firefighters contain blaze in western Turkey, battle two others

Firefighters brought a major wildfire in the western Turkish province of İzmir under control early Friday, but two others continued to ravage forests there,...

RTÜK suspends programs on pro-opposition networks over remarks on religion, Erdoğan

Turkey’s media watchdog has imposed program suspension penalties and maximum fines on opposition broadcasters Sözcü TV and TELE1 for airing statements deemed to violate...

[OPINION] Erdoğan’s last card: the Kurdish question as a political tool

*Adem Yavuz Arslan A recent announcement from the two Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) executives suggesting that the outlawed group will soon destroy their weapons...

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