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Turkish gov’t intensifies crackdown on opposition party with new wave of detentions

Turkish police on Tuesday detained 10 senior officials from nine district municipalities in İstanbul, most of which are run by the main opposition Republican...

US prosecutors ordered to drop charges against NYC mayor over corrupt dealings with Turkish gov’t

The US Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors on Monday to drop charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams over his alleged corrupt dealings...

Greece to protest Italian sale of aerospace giant Piaggio to Turkish drone manufacturer Baykar

Greece will prepare a formal protest against Italy over Turkish defense contractor Baykar’s acquisition of Italian aircraft manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace, the Ekathimerini news website reported...

Ankara prosecutors probe allegations of vote-buying in main opposition party congress

Ankara prosecutors have launched an investigation of the main opposition Republican People’s Party's (CHP) 38th Ordinary Congress, where Özgür Özel was elected party chairman...

[OPINION] Erdoğan mobilizes courts to determine opposition’s presidential candidate himself

Ömer Murat* In the old Turkey, the secular army used to issue memorandums to governments to keep political parties in line. The primary message conveyed...

X blocks access to account of journalist who exposed Turkey’s trade with Israel

Social media platform X has blocked the account in Turkey of Turkish journalist Metin Cihan after he published reports using official data revealing continued...

Far-right Erdoğan ally calls Trump’s plan to take over Gaza a ‘ticking time bomb’

Devlet Bahçeli, leader of the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and an ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has expressed strong opposition to...

Turkish Cypriot business tycoon dies at 83: report

Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir, once a fugitive from justice for stealing millions from his British Polly Peck conglomerate, has died,  Reuters reported, citing...

DEM Party delegation leading peace talks to meet with Iraqi Kurdish leaders

A delegation from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) that has been involved in peace talks aimed at resolving an armed...

Ankara mayor declines to take part in intraparty vote on presidential candidate

Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavaş from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) will not participate in a preliminary intraparty election that will determine the...

Erdoğan says ‘no one has the power’ to remove Palestinians from Gaza

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Sunday no one had the power to remove Gazans from their war-devastated homeland, dismissing Donald Trump's plan to...

3 journalists briefly detained in Turkey over İstanbul prosecutor story

Three journalists from the online version of left-leaning newspaper Birgün have been briefly detained for questioning under anti-terror legislation over a story linked to...

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